devolve

Verbs

  • (v) pass on or delegate to another
    • The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital
  • (v) 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
    return, fall, pass,
  • (v) grow worse
    • Her condition deteriorated
    • Conditions in the slums degenerated
    • The discussion devolved into a shouting match
    degenerate, deteriorate, drop,

Synonyms

return fall pass degenerate deteriorate drop

Antonyms

convalesce recover recuperate

Words of close approximity

devolvement devolve on