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Word | Devolve |
German Meaning | übertragen, übergehen, vererben |
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 / pass on or delegate to another / To pass by transmission or succession / deputize; pass to others / transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration. / to gradually go from an advanced state to a less advanced state / to pass (responsibility, power, etc.) from one person or group to another person or group at a lower level of authority / to be given to someone after the owner has died, | |
Usage | ⇒ It devolved upon us the survivors, to arrange peace terms with the enemy. ⇒ She cynically asserts that our species is devolving. ⇒ measures to devolve power to the provinces |
Synonyms | degenerate, fall, pass, descend, deteriorate, drop, delegate, return, transfer, assign, authorize, fade, pass on, authorise, consign, decline, deliver, worsen, accrue, change hands, |
Antonyms | better, improve, recuperate, absorb, accompany, accomplish, accumulate, achieve, administer, advance, amalgamate, amass, ameliorate, ascension, ascent, associate, attach, attain, attend, bespeak, |
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