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verb (used with object)
1.
to transfer or delegate (a duty, responsibility, etc.) to or upon another; pass on.
2.
Obsolete. to cause to roll downward.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be transferred or passed on from one to another: The responsibility devolved on me.
4.
Archaic. to roll or flow downward.
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Devolvement
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English devolven < Latin dēvolvere to roll down, equivalent to dē- de- + volvere to roll
1375–1425; late Middle English devolven < Latin dēvolvere to roll down, equivalent to dē- de- + volvere to roll
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de·volve·ment, noun
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devolve
c.1420, from L. devolvere "to roll down," from de- + volvere "to roll" (see vulva).
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