verb (v)

• pass on or delegate to another(verb.social)

  Example:
  The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be inherited by(verb.possession)

  Example:
  The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead.
  

  Synonym:
  fall, pass, return
  

  source: wordnet30
• grow worse(verb.body)

  Example:
  The discussion devolved into a shouting match.
  

  Synonym:
  decline, degenerate, deteriorate, drop, worsen
  Antonym:
  convalesce, recover, recuperate
  

  source: wordnet30
• To roll onward or downward; to pass on.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• 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)

  source: webster1913