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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. refer to another person for decision or judgment;
- Example: "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
[syn: relegate, pass on, submit]

2. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
- Example: "She was demoted because she always speaks up"
- Example: "He was broken down to Sergeant"
[syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs]

3. expel, as if by official decree;
- Example: "he was banished from his own country"
[syn: banish, relegate, bar]

4. assign to a class or kind;
- Example: "How should algae be classified?"
- Example: "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"
[syn: relegate, classify]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         It [the Latin language] was relegated into the study of
         the scholar.                             --Milman.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

relegate
    v 1: refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She
         likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"
         [syn: relegate, pass on, submit]
    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, bump, relegate, break, kick
       downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs,
       promote, raise, upgrade]
    3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
       own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
    4: assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?";
       "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn:
       relegate, classify]