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    devolve

    devolve - Dictionary definition and meaning for word devolve

    Definition
    (verb) pass on or delegate to another
    Example Sentence
    • The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital
    Definition
    (verb) be inherited by
    Synonyms : fall , pass , return
    Example Sentence
    • 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
    Definition
    (verb) grow worse
    Synonyms : degenerate , deteriorate , drop
    Example Sentence
    • Her condition deteriorated
    • Conditions in the slums degenerated
    • The discussion devolved into a shouting match
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for devolve

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if you are involved you do the work.....but if you DEVOLVE it to someone else then you are no longer involved in it.

Well its quite opposite to EVOLVE(grow nicely)

DE(not)+INVOLVE means not involved but to pass on,delegaate

volve-volvo bus is a powerful property, which will work only if we deputize someone.

Devolution of power to Revolution

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