relegate

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To assign to an obscure place, position, or condition.
2. v. To assign to a particular class or category; classify. See Synonyms at commit.
3. v. To refer or assign (a matter or task, for example) for decision or action.
4. v. To send to a place of exile; banish.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To send away or out of the way; consign, as to some obscure or remote destination; banish; dismiss.
2. In Roman law, to send into exile; cause to remove a certain distance from Rome for a certain period.
3. In law, to remit or put off to an inferior remedy.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Relegated; exiled.
2. n. A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
3. v. Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
4. v. This template needs documentation and categorisation. Please create the documentation page.Exile or banish to a particular place.
5. v. This template needs documentation and categorisation. Please create the documentation page.Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
6. v. This template needs documentation and categorisation. Please create the documentation page.Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate ².
7. v. This template needs documentation and categorisation. Please create the documentation page.Remove or send to a place far away.
8. v. Consign or assign.
9. v. Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, or (especially) inferiority.
10. v. Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
11. v. This template needs documentation and categorisation. Please create the documentation page.Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
12. v. Refer or submit.
13. v. Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
14. v. Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare term.
15. v. This template needs documentation and categorisation. Please create the documentation page.Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. expel, as if by official decree
2. v. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
3. v. refer to another person for decision or judgment
4. v. assign to a class or kind