Relegate

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: rĕʹlÄ­gāt, IPA: /ˈɹɛlɪɡeɪt/

First attested in 1561: from relēgāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

Alternative forms

• religate 17th century

Full definition of relegate

Verb

1. Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
1. (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
2. (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
3. (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
• 2002, Mark Morford, The Roman Philosophers, Eventually his freedom of speech drove Vespasian to relegate him a second time, and shortly after he was executed ....
4. (transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
5. (transitive, in extended use) Consign or assign.
1. Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, or (especially) inferiority.
2. Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
3. (sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
6. (transitive) Refer or submit.
1. Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
2. Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
3. (now rare) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

Derived terms

• relegated, relegating

Related terms

• relegation

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: rĕʹlÄ­gÉ™t, IPA: /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/

First attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin relēgātus ("banished person”, “exile"), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

Alternative forms

• relagate 16th century

Noun

1. (Roman history, obsolete) A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: rĕʹlÄ­gÉ™t, IPA: /ˈɹɛlɪɡət/

First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin relēgātus, the perfect passive participle of relēgō (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

Alternative forms

Adjective

1. (obsolete except archaic, past participial) Relegated; exiled.

Anagrams

• regelate