Verb devolve has 3 senses
  1. devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
    --1 is one way to
    delegate, designate, depute, assign
    Derived forms: noun devolvement1, noun devolution2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  2. fall, return, pass, devolve - 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"
    --2 is one way to change hands
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s somebody
  3. devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
    --3 is one way to worsen, decline
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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