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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: devolve
berpindah
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: devolve
devolve
v 1: pass on or delegate to another;
“The representative devolved
his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital”
2: 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” [syn:
fall,
return,
pass]
3: grow worse;
“Her condition deteriorated”;
“Conditions in the
slums degenerated”;
“The discussion devolved into a
shouting match” [syn:
deteriorate,
drop,
degenerate]
[ant:
recuperate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Devolved
Devolve
\De*volve"\, v. 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.
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Every headlong stream
Devolves its winding waters to the main. --Akenside.
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Devolved his rounded periods. --Tennyson.
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2. To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over;
to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or
into.
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They devolved a considerable share of their power
upon their favorite. --Burke.
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They devolved their whole authority into the hands
of the council of sixty. --Addison.
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