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devolve
verb
(de-volve)
grow worse
Synonyms:
degenerate
,
deteriorate
,
drop
,
Examples:
The discussion devolved into a shouting match.
devolve
verb
(de-volve)
be inherited by
Synonyms:
fall
,
pass
,
return
,
Examples:
The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead.
devolve
verb
(de-volve)
pass on or delegate to another
Examples:
The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital.
Words Related to
devolve
!
fall
,
return
,
pass
,
decentralize
,
assign
,
entrust
,
accrue
,
devote
,
move
,
redeploy
,
outsource
,
deputize
,
surrender
,
confide
,
transfer
,
shift
,
rely
,
delegate
,
relocate
,
vest
,
delegates
,
trespass
,
decentralise
,
degenerate
,
usurp
,
govern
,
dissolve
,
cede
,
legislate
,
abdicate
,
institutionalize
,
metamorphose
,
transmogrify
,
subsumed
,
ensue
,
intrude
,
balkanize
,
evolve
,
transform
,
interject
,
morphed
,
redivide
,
shoehorn
,
segue
,
escalate
,
cohere
,
embroil
,
congeal
,
revert
,
goad
,
foist
,
descend
,
micromanage
,
overwhelm
,
meld
,
meddle
,
muddle
,
engulf
,
ossify
,
spites
,
erupt
,
enfeeble
,
polarize
,
coalesce
,
percolate
,
instigate
,
transmute
,
fester
,
collectivize
,
careen
,
lurches
,
wade
,
turn
,
creep
,
delve
,
amalgamate
,
beggaring
,
deconcentrate
,
pour
,
bicker
,
monopolize
,
counterpose
,
disintegrates
,
provoke
,
wither
,
arrogate
,
promulgate
,
merge
,
coarsen
,
balkanise
,
incorporate
,
digressed
,
vacillate
,
bring
,
subjugate
,
translate
,
engender
,
integrate
,
stultified
,
supplant
,
devolve
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