different between relegate vs remand

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin rel?g?tus, the past participle of rel?g? (“to dispatch, banish”).

Alternative forms

• religate [17th century]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r??l?g?t, IPA^(key): /???l??e?t/

Verb

relegate (third-person singular simple present relegates, present participle relegating, simple past and past participle relegated)

1. Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
   1. (transitive, done to a person) Exile or banish to a particular place.
   2. (reflexive, obsolete, rare) Remove (oneself) to a distance from something or somewhere.
   3. (transitive, historical, Ancient Rome, done to a person) Banish from proximity to Rome for a set time; compare relegate.
   4. (transitive, figuratively) Remove or send to a place far away.
2. (transitive, in extended use) Consign or assign.
   1. Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, or (especially) inferiority.

   2. Assign (a thing) to an appropriate place or situation based on appraisal or classification.
   3. (sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.

      Synonym: promote

3. (transitive) Refer or submit.
   1. Refer (a point of contention) to an authority in deference to the judgment thereof.
   2. Submit (something) to someone else for appropriate action thereby; compare delegate.
   3. (now rare) Submit or refer (someone) to someone or something else for some reason or purpose.

Derived terms

• relegated, relegating

Related terms

• relegation

Translations

References

• “relegate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• “relegate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, March 2010)

Etymology 2

First attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin rel?g?tus (“banished person, exile”), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of rel?g?tus, the past participle of rel?g? (“to dispatch, banish”).

Alternative forms

• relagate [16th century]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r??l?g?t, IPA^(key): /???l???t/

Noun

relegate (plural relegates)

1. (historical, obsolete) A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.

References

• “†?relegate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• “†relegate, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, December 2009)

Etymology 3

First attested circa 1425: from the Classical Latin rel?g?tus, the perfect passive participle of rel?g? (“I dispatch”, “I banish”).

Alternative forms

• relegat [15th century]
• religait (Scots, [16th century])

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r??l?g?t, IPA^(key): /???l???t/

Adjective

relegate (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Relegated; exiled.

References

• “†relegate, adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft revision, June 2010)

Anagrams

• regelate

Esperanto

Adverb

relegate

1. present adverbial passive participle of relegi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.le??a.te/
• Hyphenation: re?le?gà?te

Verb

relegate

1. second-person plural present indicative of relegare
2. second-person plural imperative of relegare
3. feminine plural of relegato

Latin

Verb

rel?g?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of rel?g?

English

Etymology

From Middle English remaunden (“to send back”), from Middle French remander (“to send back”), from Late Latin remandare (“to send backward”), from Latin remandare (“to order”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m??nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???mænd/
• Rhymes: -??nd, -ænd

Noun

remand (countable and uncountable, plural remands)

1. The act of sending an accused person back into custody whilst awaiting trial.
   • 2007, Andrew Ewang Sone, Readings in the Cameroon Criminal Procedure Code, p. 139:

     As earlier stated, remand in custody under the new Code is an exceptional measure.

2. The act of an appellate court sending a matter back to a lower court for review or disposal.
   • 2010, Steven Baicker-McKee, John B. Corr, A Student's Guide to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, p. 102:

     If remand is based on a failure of federal subject matter jurisdiction or a shortcoming in the process of removal, the remand becomes effective even earlier […]

Translations

Verb

remand (third-person singular simple present remands, present participle remanding, simple past and past participle remanded)

1. To send a prisoner back to custody.

   • Charged with Linda Cook's murder, he was remanded in custody at Winchester Prison the same month. Murder_of_Linda_Cook

2. To send a case back to a lower court for further consideration.
3. (obsolete) To send back.

   • Remand it to its former place.

Derived terms

• on remand
• remandment

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Erdman, Mander, Marden, Menard, Redman, damner, mander, manred, mrenda, randem, red man, redman