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- DEVOLVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Latin ēvolvere means "to roll out or away"; Latin revolvere means "to roll back to a starting point"; and Latin dēvolvere means "to roll (something) down " In its earliest uses in the 15th century, devolve was about literally rolling down: it meant "to roll onward or downward "
- DEVOLVED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Phrasal verb devolve something to someone (Definition of devolved from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
- DEVOLVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Devolve definition: to transfer or delegate (a duty, responsibility, etc ) to or upon another; pass on See examples of DEVOLVE used in a sentence
- DEVOLVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
4 meanings: 1 to pass or cause to pass to a successor or substitute, as duties, power, etc 2 law (of an estate, etc) to pass Click for more definitions
- Devolve - definition of devolve by The Free Dictionary
1 To pass on or delegate to another: The senator devolved the duties of office upon a group of aides 2 Archaic To cause to roll onward or downward
- Devolve - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
When things devolve, they deteriorate, degenerate, fall apart, go to the dogs, and generally end up worse When a classroom gets loud and rowdy, a teacher might say the class has devolved There is another, less negative, meaning of devolve
- DEVOLVE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
devolve sth to sb sth Spending under these budget items must be devolved to local offices The constitutional changes to devolve power to local authorities will go ahead
- devolve - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Despite being a unitary state, the Government of the United Kingdom devolved many matters to the Governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty
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