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devolve


verb
1. pass on or delegate to another
- The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital
Derivationally related forms:
devolvement, devolution
Hypernyms:
delegate, designate, depute, assign
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
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
Syn:
fall, return, pass
Hypernyms:
change hands, change owners
Hyponyms:
fall, light
Verb Group:
accrue, fall
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
3. grow worse
- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
Syn:
deteriorate, drop, degenerate
Ant:
recuperate (for: deteriorate)
Derivationally related forms:
degenerative (for: degenerate), degeneration (for: degenerate), deterioration (for: deteriorate)
Hypernyms:
worsen, decline
Hyponyms:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade,
languish, fade, waste, rot
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s

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