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Summary

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devolve:
- Wiktionary:
  devolve → devolvieren
- Synonyms for "devolve":
  delegate; designate; depute; assign
  fall; return; pass; change hands; change owners
  deteriorate; drop; degenerate; worsen; decline

English

Detailed Translations for devolve from English to German

devolve:

Translation Matrix for devolve:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	degenerate; deteriorate; drop; fall; pass; return
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	yield

Synonyms for "devolve":

delegate; designate; depute; assign
fall; return; pass; change hands; change owners
deteriorate; drop; degenerate; worsen; decline

Antonyms for "devolve":

recuperate

Related Definitions for "devolve":

grow worse¹
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match¹
be inherited by¹
- The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead¹
pass on or delegate to another¹
- The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital¹

Wiktionary Translations for devolve:

devolve

verb

(transitiv) etwas (von einer Person) auf andere abwälzen
- devolvieren → devolve
(intransitiv) Rechtswissenschaft: übergehen einer Sache oder eines Rechts an eine übergeordnete Instanz
- devolvieren → devolve; hand over

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University