Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Relegating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Relegate \Rel"e*gate\ (r?l"?-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Relegated} (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relegating}.] [L.
relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- re- + legare to send
with a commission or charge. See {Legate}.]
To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to
transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.
It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of
the scholar. --Milman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
relegating
n : authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions [syn: {delegating},
{delegation}, {relegation}, {deputation}]
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