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relegate

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Verb (transitive)
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rel=e=gate

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb relegate has 4 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

relegatev. t. [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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

relegate, v.tr.
1 consign or dismiss to an inferior or less important position; demote.
2 transfer (a sports team) to a lower division of a league etc.
3 banish or send into exile.
4 (foll. by to) a transfer (a matter) for decision or implementation. b refer (a person) for information.

Derivative
relegable adj. relegation n.
Etymology
L relegare relegat- (as RE-, legare send)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

relegate

Exclusion

VB be excluded from, exclude, bar, leave out, shut out, bar out, reject, repudiate, blackball, lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside, relegate, segregate, throw overboard, strike off, strike out, neglect, banish, separate, pass over, omit, garble, eliminate, weed, winnow, be secluded, live secluded, keep aloof, stand, hold oneself aloof, keep in the background, stand in the background, keep snug, shut oneself up, deny oneself, seclude oneself creep into a corner, rusticate, aller planter ses choux, retire, retire from the world, take the veil, abandon, sport one's oak, cut, cut dead, refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge, look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon, repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate, banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round, depopulate, dispeople, unpeople.

Transference

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

Ejection

VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.

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