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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devolve \De*volve"\, 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. His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville. --Johnson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devolve \De*volve"\, 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 Every headlong stream Devolves its winding waters to the main. --Akenside. Devolved his rounded periods. --Tennyson. 2. To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over to hand down -- generally with upon sometimes with to or into They devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favorite. --Burke. They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty. --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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