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8 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb refer to another person for decision or judgment
verb assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
verb expel, as if by official decree
originFirst attested circa 1550: from the Classical Latin relēgātus (“banished person, exile”), the nominative singular masculine substantive form of relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- etagere 8
- legatee 8
- eaglet 7
- ergate 7
- galere 7
- gelate 7
- legate 7
- regale 7
- reglet 7
- teagle 7
- telega 7
- tergal 7