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Devolve (Verb)

Meaning 1

Grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match".

Classification

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

Synonyms

  • Drop
  • Degenerate
  • Deteriorate

Hypernyms

  • Decline

Hyponyms

  • Weary
  • Rot
  • Pall
  • Fatigue
  • Fade
  • Jade

Meaning 2

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".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Return
  • Pass
  • Fall

Hypernyms

  • Change Hands
  • Change Owners

Hyponyms

  • Light
  • Fall

Meaning 3

Pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Hypernyms

  • Depute
  • Assign
  • Designate

Related Words

  • Devolvement (noun)
  • Devolution (noun)
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