devolve

de·volve  (d-vlv)

v. de·volved, de·volv·ing, de·volves

v.tr.

1. To pass on or delegate to another: The senator devolved the duties of office upon a group of aides.

2. Archaic To cause to roll onward or downward.

v.intr.

1. To be passed on or transferred to another: The burden of proof devolved upon the defendant. The estate devolved to an unlikely heir.

2. To degenerate or deteriorate gradually: After several hours the discussion had devolved into a shouting match.

3. Archaic To roll onward or downward.

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[Middle English devolven, to transfer, from Old French devolver, to confer, ascribe, from Latin dvolvere, to roll down, fall to : d-, de- + volvere, to roll; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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de·volvement n.

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devolve

Verb

[-volving, -volved] to pass or cause to pass to a successor or substitute, as duties or power [Latin devolvere to roll down]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital" assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
	2.	devolve - 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" return, fall, pass change hands, change owners - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed hands twice last year" light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" accrue, fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
	3.	devolve - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" degenerate, deteriorate, drop fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" languish, fade - become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" rot, waste - become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

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devolve

verb (with on, upon, to, etc) transfer, entrust, consign, depute

Translations

devolve [dɪˈvɔlv] vi to devolve (up)on → recaer sobre

devolve [dɪˈvɔlv] vi to devolve (up)on → retomber sur

devolve [dɪˈvɔlv] vt → übertragen

vi to devolve (up)on → übergehen auf +acc

devolve [dɪˈvɔlv] vi to devolve (up)on → ricadere su