Relegate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of
           the scholar.                             --Milman.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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"; "He was broken down to
          Sargeant" [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "relegate":
     accredit, assign, ban, banish, bar, bar out, blackball, blockade,
     cast out, charge, commend, commit, confide, consign, count out,
     credit, cut, cut off, debar, delegate, demote, deport,
     disfellowship, dispatch, displace, downgrade, embargo, enfeoff,
     entrust, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel,
     extradite, freeze out, fugitate, give in charge, give in trust,
     hand over, ignore, infeudate, keep out, lag, leave out, lock out,
     omit, ostracize, outlaw, pass on, pass over, preclude, prohibit,
     proscribe, refer, reject, remand, remit, repudiate, rusticate,
     send away, send down, send to Coventry, shut out, snub, spurn,
     taboo, thrust out, transfer, transport, trust, turn over