Associations to the word «Devolve»
Noun
- Responsibility
- Referendum
- Baronetcy
- Barony
- Duty
- Autonomy
- Scotland
- Westminster
- Parliament
- Competence
- Northern
- Assembly
- Ireland
- Wales
- Unionist
- Inability
- Cymru
- Discharge
- Legislature
- Heir
- Competency
- Impeachment
- Succession
- Power
- Obligation
- Command
- Legislation
- Governance
- Cornwall
- Administration
- Sovereignty
- Inheritance
- Constitution
- Peerage
- Barnett
- Vacancy
- Government
- Burgess
- Authority
- Eldest
- Resignation
- Estate
- Dependency
- Nephew
- Executive
- Sovereign
- Crown
- Southerner
- Burden
- Posterity
- Fief
- Ulster
- Kingdom
- Catalonia
- Belfast
- Accord
- Lordship
- Consent
- Chaos
- Disability
- Galicia
- Removal
- Revenue
Adjective
Wiktionary
DEVOLVE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll. [15th-19th c.]
DEVOLVE, verb. (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder. [from 16th c.]
DEVOLVE, verb. (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone. [from 17th c.]
DEVOLVE, verb. (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone. [from 18th c.]
DEVOLVE, verb. (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down. [from 18th c.]
Dictionary definition
DEVOLVE, verb. Pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital".
DEVOLVE, verb. 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".
DEVOLVE, verb. Grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match".
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