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VERB (3)

1. pass on or delegate to another;
- Example: "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"

2. be inherited by;
- Example: "The estate fell to my sister"
- Example: "The land returned to the family"
- Example: "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
[syn: fall, return, pass, devolve]

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

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