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#1 devolve v. pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital". wn
#2 devolve v. [fall, return, pass] 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". wn
#3 devolve v. [deteriorate, drop, degenerate] grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match". wn
#2 devolve v. [fall, return, pass] 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". wn
#3 devolve v. [deteriorate, drop, degenerate] grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match". wn
