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Verb devolve has 3 senses
- devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
--1 is one way to delegate, designate, depute, assign
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- fall, return, pass, devolve - 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"
--2 is one way to change hands
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
--3 is one way to worsen, decline
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
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