pass on or delegate to another; The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital'
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
grow worse; Her condition deteriorated; Conditions in the slums degenerated; The discussion devolved into a shouting match
[ Syn: deteriorate , drop , degenerate ]