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rel·e·gate

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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 relégātus, ptp. of relégāre to send away, dispatch. See re-, legate

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rel·e·ga·ble

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rel·e·ga·tion, noun

—Synonyms 2. delegate, entrust.

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rel·e·gate Audio Help (rěl'ĭ-gāt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates

To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition.
To assign to a particular class or category; classify. See Synonyms at commit.
To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action.
To send to a place of exile; banish.

[Middle English relegaten, to banish, from Latin relēgāre, relēgāt- : re-, re- + lēgāre, to send, depute; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

rel'e·ga'tion n.

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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.

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relegate
verb
1.	refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
2.	assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" [syn: demote] [ant: advance]
3.	expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish]
4.	assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

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relegate [ˈreligeit] verb

to put down to a lower grade, position etc
Example: The local football team has been relegated to the Second Division.

Arabic:	يُنْزِل درَجَة
Chinese (Simplified):	降级
Chinese (Traditional):	降級
Czech:	sestoupit
Danish:	rykke ned
Dutch:	degraderen
Estonian:	ümber paigutama
Finnish:	siirtää
French:	reléguer
German:	absteigen
Greek:	υποβιβάζω
Hungarian:	lejjebb sorol
Icelandic:	lækka í stöðu; fella á milli deilda
Indonesian:	menurunkan
Italian:	relegare

Japanese:	格下げする
Korean:	좌천시키다, 내쫓다, 이관하다, (영국에서 축구팀을) 2군으로 밀어내다
Latvian:	pazemināt; pārcelt zemākā kategorijā
Lithuanian:	pažeminti, perkelti (į žemesnę lygą)
Norwegian:	forvise, rykke ned, degradere
Polish:	usunąć, zdegradować
Portuguese (Brazil):	relegar
Portuguese (Portugal):	relegar
Romanian:	a retrograda
Russian:	низводить
Slovak:	klesnúť, degradovať
Slovenian:	premestiti (na nižje mesto)
Spanish:	relegar
Swedish:	förvisa, degradera, flytta ner
Turkish:	düşürmek

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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.

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

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