devolve
Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɒɫv/
The English word “devolve” has 7 meanings listed here.
verb
- 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.
- To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
- To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).
- To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
- To shift or to be transferred from a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.
- To degenerate; to break down.
- To roll (something) down; to unroll.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēvolvō (“roll or tumble off or down”), from dē- + volvō (“roll”).
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