devolve

Verb	1.	devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital" assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
	2.	devolve - 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" return, fall, pass change hands - be transferred to another owner; "This restaurant changed owners twice last year" light, fall - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" accrue, fall - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
	3.	devolve - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" degenerate, deteriorate, drop fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - get tired of something or somebody languish, fade - become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" rot, waste - waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" decline, worsen - grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

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