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devolve

verb

1 devolve

Pass on or delegate to another.

2 devolve

Be inherited by:
— The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead.

synonyms: fall, pass, return.

Roget 783: transfer, convey; alienate, alien; assign; grant etc. (confer) 784; consign; make over, hand over; pass, hand, ... show more

3 devolve

Grow worse:
— The discussion devolved into a shouting match.

synonyms: degenerate, deteriorate, drop.

Dutch: maken, degenereren, verarmen, verslechteren


Moby thesaurus: accredit, assign, authorize, change hands, change ownership, charge, charter, commission, commit, consign, delegate, depute, deputize, descend, detach, detail, devolute, devolve upon, empower, entrust ... show more.

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