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61commit — vb 1 Commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate are comparable when they mean to assign to a person or place for some definite end or purpose (as custody or safekeeping). Commit is the widest term; it may express merely the general idea of… …
62put — v 1. place, pose, set, lay; drop, Inf. plop, Inf. plunk, Inf. plank, plump; park, station, post, stand; plant, implant, imbed; perch, mount, deposit; situate, locate, emplace, position, center; dispose, allocate, install, collocate, spot,… …
63dismiss — [v1] send away, remove; free abolish, banish, boot*, brush off*, bundle, cast off*, cast out*, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out …
64displace — [v1] move, remove from normal place change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle,… …
65delegating — noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions • Syn: ↑delegation, ↑relegating, ↑relegation, ↑deputation • Derivationally related forms: ↑depute (for: ↑deputation), ↑ …
66kick downstairs — verb assign to a lower position; reduce in rank She was demoted because she always speaks up He was broken down to Sergeant • Syn: ↑demote, ↑bump, ↑relegate, ↑break • Ant: ↑promote …
67relegating — noun authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions • Syn: ↑delegating, ↑delegation, ↑relegation, ↑deputation • Derivationally related forms: ↑depute (for: ↑deputation), ↑ …
68Demote — De*mote , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one s employment, or in school; to assign to a lower… …
69Demoted — Demote De*mote , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one s employment, or in school; to assign to a lower …
70Demoting — Demote De*mote , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demoting}.] [Pref. de + mote, as in promote; cf. L. demovere to remove.] To reduce to a lower grade or rank, as in the military, one s employment, or in school; to assign to a lower …
