vverb.socialpass on or delegate to anotherExamples:- The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital
Derivationally Related Form:devolutiondevolvement
Hypernyms:assign delegate depute designate
Inherited Hypernyms:devolvedelegateappoint
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something to somebody
vverb.possessionbe inherited bySynset:fall pass return
Examples:- 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
Hypernyms:change hands change owners
Inherited Hypernyms:fallchange handsmove
Direct Hyponyms:falllight
Full Troponyms:fall
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody
vverb.bodygrow worseSynset:degenerate deteriorate drop
Examples:- Her condition deteriorated
- Conditions in the slums degenerated
- The discussion devolved into a shouting match
Antonyms:recuperate
Derivationally Related Form:degenerationdegenerativedeterioration
Hypernyms:decline worsen
Inherited Hypernyms:devolveworsenchange statechange
Direct Hyponyms:fadefatiguejadelanguishpallrottirewasteweary
Full Troponyms:chicken outlanguishnecrosepoop outresileretiretirewaste
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s