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prettygoodwordrelegate - v., to consign to an inferior place, position, or condition; to exile or banish (to a place); to assign (as a task) to another person.
For example, an underperforming sports team can be relegated to a lower league. A Roman legal term -- the emperor had the power to relegate someone to a specific place by way of punishment, as in Ovid was relegated to a frontier town for subversive poetry, or at least that was the public story. From Latin, natch, specifically relegare, remove, dismiss, banish, from re-, back + legare, send with a commission.
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For example, an underperforming sports team can be relegated to a lower league. A Roman legal term -- the emperor had the power to relegate someone to a specific place by way of punishment, as in Ovid was relegated to a frontier town for subversive poetry, or at least that was the public story. From Latin, natch, specifically relegare, remove, dismiss, banish, from re-, back + legare, send with a commission.
Admin note: posting will be sparse next week due to personal commitments.
---L.
