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 was relegated into the study of the scholar. Milman.