Devolve - Definition

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, devolve]
3: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting
match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate]
[ant: convalesce, recover, recuperate]