You've probably heard that organisms evolve over time. Well, life is complicated, and sometimes things devolve instead to devolve is to get worse instead of better.
To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
Verb
grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
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"
Verb
pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
v. t.
To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
v. t.
To transfer from one person to another; to deliver
over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.
v. 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.
Devolve
Every headlong stream Devolves its winding waters to the main.
Devolved his rounded periods.2.
They devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favorite.
They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty.
Devolve
His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville.
To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into;
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