Verb

• S: (v) devolve (devolve%2:41:02::) (pass on or delegate to another) "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
• S: (v) fall (fall%2:40:13::), return (return%2:40:13::), pass (pass%2:40:13::), devolve (devolve%2:40:13::) (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"
• S: (v) devolve (devolve%2:29:00::), deteriorate (deteriorate%2:29:00::), drop (drop%2:29:01::), degenerate (degenerate%2:29:00::) (grow worse) "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"