| VERB | social | devolve | pass on or delegate to another |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | devolve, fall, return, pass | be inherited by | |
| body | devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate | grow worse |
| Sounds | dihvaa'lv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | absolve ... solve: 8 rhymes with aalv... | |
| Meaning | Pass on or delegate to another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital" | |
| Broader | delegate, designate, depute, assign | Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) |
| Spanish | delegar, traspasar | |
| Nouns | devolution, devolvement | the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government) |
| Meaning | Be inherited by. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead" | |
| Synonyms | fall, return, pass | |
| Narrower | fall, light | fall to somebody by assignment or lot |
| Broader | change hands, change owners | Be transferred to another owner |
| Similar to | accrue, fall | Come into the possession of |
| Spanish | reincorporar, retornar | |
| Catalan | reincorporar, retornar | |
| Meaning | Grow worse. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" | |
| Synonyms | deteriorate, drop, degenerate | |
| Narrower | languish, fade | Become feeble |
| tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade | Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody | |
| waste, rot | Become physically weaker | |
| Broader | worsen, decline | Grow worse |
| Opposite | recuperate, recover, convalesce | get over an illness or shock |
| Spanish | degenerarse, degenerar, deteriorarse, deteriorar | |
| Catalan | degenerar-se, degenerar, deteriorar-se, deteriorar, espatllar-se, espatllar | |
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