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Webster 1913 Edition


Relegate

Rel′e-gate

(r?l′?-g?t)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Relegated
(-g?ˊt?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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Relegate

REL'EGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. relego; re and lego, to send.] To banish; to send into exile.