[dɪˈvɒlv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration
(e.g: measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly)

- pass into (a different state, especially a worse one); degenerate
(e.g: the Empire devolved into separate warring states)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down’): from Latin devolvere, from de- ‘down’ + volvere ‘to roll’