Hypertext Webster Gateway: "relegate"
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)
relegate
v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes
to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn:
{pass on}, {submit}]
2: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted
because she always speaks up" [syn: {demote}, {bump}, {break},
{kick downstairs}] [ant: {promote}]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: {banish}, {bar}]
4: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"
"People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
[syn: {classify}]
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