Emily Dickinson Lexicon

relegate (-s), v. [L. re-, back + lēgāre, send.]

Delegate; remand; transfer; exile; [word play; pun on “regulate”] dominate; govern; command; rule over; preside in; [word play on “re-legacy”] continue to endow; provide another inheritance to; [word play on “re-legate”] represent; serve again as ambassador to; act as messenger for; have sacred authority in.