Nearby Words
| Main Entry: |
devolve
 [dih-volv] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transfer |
| Synonyms: | delegate, give to, pass, pass on, pass to |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign responsibility |
| Synonyms: | authorize, consign, devolve, entrust, give, hand over, hold responsible for, parcel out, pass on, relegate, send on errand, send on mission, shunt, transfer |
| Notes: | as a noun, delegate is a person appointed or elected to represent others - as a verb delegate means to transfer power or authority to someone; relegate means to refer to another person for decision or judgment or assign to a lower position or reduce in rank a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
| Antonyms: | keep |
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Example Sentences
- MS, resist that urge to devolve into horrible cynicism.
- They insist that any such process would devolve into partisan backbiting from which this country could never recover.
- The argument for legalizing pot evolves as other arguments devolve.
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