1. devolve(v = verb.social) - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
is one way to assign, delegate, depute, designate
Derived forms noun devolution2, noun devolvement1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
2. devolve(v = verb.possession) fall, pass, return - be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
is one way to change hands, change owners
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
3. devolve(v = verb.body) degenerate, deteriorate, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
is one way to decline, worsen
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Somebody ----s
devolve, v.
1 (foll. by on, upon, etc.) a tr. pass (work or duties) to (a deputy etc.). b intr. (of work or duties) pass to (a deputy etc.).
2 intr. (foll. by on, to, upon) Law (of property etc.) descend or fall by succession to.
Derivative:
devolvement n.
Etymology:
ME f. L devolvere devolut- (as DE-, volvere roll)
VB transfer, convey, alienate, alien, assign, grant, consign, make over, hand over, pass, hand, transmit, negotiate, hand down, exchange, change hands, change hands from one to another, devolve, succeed, come into possession, abalienate, disinherit, dispossess, substitute.