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relegable

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rel⋅e⋅gate

  [rel-i-geyt]
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–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
2. to consign or commit (a matter, task, etc.), as to a person: He relegates the less pleasant tasks to his assistant.
3. to assign or refer (something) to a particular class or kind.
4. to send into exile; banish.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L relēgātus, ptp. of relēgāre to send away, dispatch. See re-, legate

Related forms:
rel⋅e⋅ga⋅ble  [rel-i-guh-buhl] , adjective
rel⋅e⋅ga⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
2. delegate, entrust.
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Word Origin & History

relegate 
1586 "to banish, send into exile" (implied in relegation), from L. relegatus, pp. of relegare "remove, dismiss, banish," from re- "back" + legare "send with a commission" (see legate). Meaning "place in a position of inferiority" is recorded from 1790.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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