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Relegate
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- 1 Relegated; exiled. archaic, not-comparable
- 1 A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights. obsolete
- 1 Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Exile or banish to a particular place. transitive
- 2 assign to a class or kind wordnet
- 3 Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere. obsolete, rare, reflexive
- 4 assign to a lower position; reduce in rank wordnet
- 5 Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate. Ancient-Rome, historical, transitive
"Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed […]."
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- 6 expel, as if by official decree wordnet
- 7 Exile, banish, remove, or send away.; Remove or send to a place far away. figuratively, transitive
- 8 refer to another person for decision or judgment wordnet
- 9 Consign or assign.; Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority. transitive
"Her bright ideas were relegated to "tosh" by her manager."
- 10 Consign or assign.; Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification. transitive
- 11 Consign or assign.; Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division. transitive
"After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division."
- 12 Refer or submit.; Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof. transitive
- 13 Refer or submit.; Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate. transitive
- 14 Refer or submit.; Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose. archaic, transitive
Etymology
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
First attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin relēgātus (“banished person, exile”), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).
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