[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

devolve \devolve"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. devolved; p. pr. 
   vb. n. devolving. l. devolvere, devolutum, to roll down;
   de + volvere to roll down; de + volvere to roll. see
   voluble.
   1. to roll onward or downward; to pass on.
      1913 webster

            every headlong stream
            devolves its winding waters to the main. --akenside.
      1913 webster

            devolved his rounded periods.         --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   2. to transfer from one person to another; to deliver over;
      to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or
      into.
      1913 webster

            they devolved a considerable share of their power
            upon their favorite.                  --burke.
      1913 webster

            they devolved their whole authority into the hands
            of the council of sixty.              --addison.
      1913 webster
see also:
devolved devolving voluble 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

devolve \devolve"\, v. i.
   to pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or
   down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or
   into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon
   or on the next officer in rank.
   1913 webster

         his estate . . . devolved to lord somerville.
                                                  --johnson.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

devolve
     v 1: pass on or delegate to another; "the representative devolved
          his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
     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
     3: grow worse; "her condition deteriorated"; "conditions in the
        slums degenerated"; "the discussion devolved into a
        shouting match" syn: deteriorate, drop, degenerate
        ant: recuperate
see also:
fall return pass deteriorate drop degenerate 
recuperate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 moby thesaurus words for "devolve":
   accredit, assign, authorize, change hands, change ownership,
   charge, charter, commission, commit, consign, delegate, depute,
   deputize, descend, detach, detail, devolute, devolve upon, empower,
   entrust, give in charge, license, mission, pass on, post, send out,
   succeed, transfer, warrant

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