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1
to force to leave a country
- courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire
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2
to arrange or assign according to type
- some psychologists argue that the syndrome should be relegated to a different class of autism
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- assort,
- break down,
- categorize,
- class,
- classify,
- codify,
- compartment,
- compartmentalize,
- digest,
- distinguish,
- distribute,
- grade,
- group,
- peg,
- place,
- range,
- rank,
- separate,
- sort,
- type
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The first known use of relegate was in 1599
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