'Relegate' definitions:
Definition of 'relegate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" [syn: relegate, pass on, submit]
verb
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]
verb
Expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
verb
Assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" [syn: relegate, classify]
Definition of 'Relegate'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'relegate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accredit,
- assign,
- ban,
- banish,
- bar,
- bar out,
- blackball,
- blockade,
- cast out,
- charge,
- commend,
- commit,
- confide,
- consign,
- count out,
- credit,
- cut,
- cut off,
- debar,
- delegate,
- demote,
- deport,
- disfellowship,
- dispatch,
- displace,
- downgrade,
- embargo,
- enfeoff,
- entrust,
- exclude,
- excommunicate,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- extradite,
- freeze out,
- fugitate,
- give in charge,
- give in trust,
- hand over,
- ignore,
- infeudate,
- keep out,
- lag,
- leave out,
- lock out,
- omit,
- ostracize,
- outlaw,
- pass on,
- pass over,
- preclude,
- prohibit,
- proscribe,
- refer,
- reject,
- remand,
- remit,
- repudiate,
- rusticate,
- send away,
- send down,
- send to Coventry,
- shut out,
- snub,
- spurn,
- taboo,
- thrust out,
- transfer,
- transport,
- trust,
- turn over