[rel-i-geyt] 
| 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. |
| rel·e·gate (rěl'ĭ-gāt') tr.v. rel·e·gat·ed, rel·e·gat·ing, rel·e·gates
[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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