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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb devolve has 3 senses

• devolve(v = verb.social) Array - 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 sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody

• 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 sentence:
Something ----s somebody

• 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

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

devolve

accredit, assign, authorize, change hands, change ownership, charge, charter, commission, commit, consign, delegate, depute, deputize, descend, detach, detail, devolute, devolve upon, empower, entrust, give in charge, license, mission, pass on, post, send out, succeed, transfer, warrant

ROGET THESAURUS

devolve

Transfer

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.

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