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Relegate

Relegate Meaning & Definition
Relegate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Relegate?

[v] assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
[v] assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"
[v] expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"
[v] refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Relegate: banish | bar | break | bump | classify | demote | kick downstairs | pass on | submit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Relegate:

See Also | assign | assign | attribute | bump off | delegate | depute | designate | dispatch | expel | hit | kick out | murder | polish off | reduce | remove | slay | spike | throw out

Relegate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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