[verb] pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
[verb] 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" Synonyms:fall, return, pass
[verb] grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" Synonyms:deteriorate, drop, degenerate
