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third-person singular simple present demotes, present participle demoting, simple past and past participle demoted
(transitive) To lower the rank or status of. quotations examples
In 1036, shortly after arriving at Yi-ling, Ou-yang Hsiu sent a lengthy letter to his friend, Yin Shu, who had been demoted at the same time as Ou-yang Hsiu and sent to Ying-chou (modern Chung-hsiang, Hupeh).
1984, Ronald C. Egan, The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72), Cambridge University Press, page 93
(transitive) To relegate. examples