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▸ verb: (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
▸ verb: (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
▸ verb: (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
▸ verb: (transitive, in extended use) Consign or assign.
▸ verb: Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
▸ verb: Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
▸ verb: (sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
▸ verb: (transitive) Refer or submit.
▸ verb: Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
▸ verb: Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
▸ verb: (now rare) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.
▸ noun: (history, obsolete) A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
▸ adjective: (archaic) Relegated; exiled.
Similar:
banish,
demote,
submit,
break,
pass on,
bump,
bar,
kick downstairs,
religate,
excommunicate,
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