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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  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) :


  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) 2.0 :


  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]
       3: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
          slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a
          shouting match" [syn: deteriorate, drop, degenerate]
          [ant: recuperate]

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Devolve
  
  إنقل

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  devolve
  
  prenijeti

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  devolve 
  
  převést
  
           Entry edited by: B2

From English-Czech fdicts/FreeDict Dictionary :


  devolve 
  
  postoupit
  
           Entry edited by: B2

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary :


  devolve
  
  1. intikal ettirmek, devretmek, havale etmek, bırakmak, terk etmek
  2. (gen.) on, upon veya to ile geçmek, intikal etmek, kalmak.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :


  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "devolve":
     accredit, assign, authorize, change hands, change ownership,
     charge, charter, commission, commit, consign, delegate, depute,
     deputize, descend, detach, detail, devolute, devolve upon, empower,
     entrust, give in charge, license, mission, pass on, post, send out,
     succeed, transfer, warrant

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :


  v. 让波,传下,委托;
  v. 传给,传下,移归;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :


     vt. 转移,传下,委托
     vi. 被移交

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