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Webster 1913 Edition

Devolve

De-volve′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Devolved
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Devolving
.]
[L.
devolvere
,
devolutum
, to roll down;
de
+
volvere
to roll down;
de
+
volvere
to roll. See
Voluble
.]
1.
To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
Every headlong stream
Devolves
its winding waters to the main.
Akenside.
Devolved
his rounded periods.
Tennyson.
2.
To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; – generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.
They
devolved
a considerable share of their power upon their favorite.
Burke.
They
devolved
their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty.
Addison.

De-volve′

,
Verb.
I.
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
.
His estate . . .
devolved
to Lord Somerville.
Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Devolve

DEVOLVE

,
Verb.
T.
devolv. [L., to roll.]
1.
To roll down; to pour or flow with windings.
Through splendid kingdoms he devolves his maze.
2.
To move from one person to another; to deliver over, or from one possessor to a successor.
The king devolved the care and disposition of affairs on the duke or Ormond.

DEVOLVE

,
Verb.
I.
devolv. Literally, to roll down; hence, to pass from one to another; to fall by succession from one possessor to his successor. In the absence of the commander in chief, the command devolved on the next officer in rank. On the death of the prince, the crown devolved on his eldest son.

Definition 2024

devolvé

devolvé

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Italian

Verb

devolvé

  1. third-person singular past historic of devolvere

Synonyms

Spanish

Verb

devolvé

  1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of devolver.

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