Category:Relegate

Rel"e*gate (rl"-gt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g`td); p. pr. & Vb. n. Relegating.] Etym: [l. relegatus, p. p. of relegare; pref. re- Re- + legare to send with a commission or charge. See legate.]

Defn: 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.