Rel"e*gate (r?l"?-g?t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Relegated (-g?`t?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.