DEVOLVE
\dɪvˈɒlv], \dɪvˈɒlv], \d_ɪ_v_ˈɒ_l_v]\
Definitions of DEVOLVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
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To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; - generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
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To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; - generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To hand on or down; to pass or transfer from one to another; transmit; as, to devolve a duty upon another.
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To be handed down or over; to be transferred or transmitted; as, the duty devolved upon him.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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