Associations to the word «Devolve»
Noun
- Elector
- Summons
- Justice
- Maintenance
- Borough
- Heresy
- Office
- Reform
- Creation
- Accordance
- Leadership
- Parti
- Principality
- Kenya
- Tax
- Duke
- Affair
- Faction
- Minister
- Planter
- Dissolution
- Commission
- Parody
- Grandson
- Deputy
- Secretariat
- Edinburgh
- England
- Speaking
- Restoration
- Empire
- Secretary
- Issue
- Nobility
- Management
- Department
- Debate
- Independence
- Raja
- Cen
- Irish
- Dies
- Running
- Default
- Throne
- Objective
- Vote
- Constable
- Consultation
- Rule
- Circumstance
- Nation
- Health
- Regulation
- Gibraltar
- Decision
- Governor
- Rights
- Baron
- Province
- Spending
- Measure
- Convention
- Law
- Negotiation
- Colonel
- Viscount
- Disposition
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".
Wise words
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