devolve
devolve is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To roll onward or downward; to pass on. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
- transitive verb. To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- verb. grow worse
"Her condition deteriorated"
"Conditions in the slums degenerated"
- verb. be inherited by
"The estate fell to my sister"
"The land returned to the family"
- verb. pass on or delegate to another
"The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
Synonyms
degenerate, deteriorate, drop, fall, pass, return
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in devolve:
Common word forms
devolved, devolves, devolving, devolvement
Words from these letters
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