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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.