Definition of devolve

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Devolve (v. t.) 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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Devolved :: Devolved (imp. & p. p.) of Devolv.
Devolvement :: Devolvement (n.) The act or process of devolving;; devolution.
Devolute :: Devolute (v. t.) To devolve.
Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent..
Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve..
Devolve :: Devolve (v. t.) To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into..
Devolve :: Devolve (v. t.) To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
Devolve :: Devolve (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..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. t.) To let slip; to permit to devolve on another; to allow to pass.
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