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class="Latn"><a href="/wiki/devolv%C3%A9" title="devolvé">devolvé</a></b></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/devolvo#Latin" title="devolvo">dēvolvō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">roll or tumble off or down</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/de#Latin" title="de">dē</a></i> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/volvo#Latin" title="volvo">volvō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">roll</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/dɪˈvɒɫv/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-devolve.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-devolve.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-devolve.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-devolve.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-devolve.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" 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class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/devolving#English" title="devolving">devolving</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/devolved#English" title="devolved">devolved</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To be <a href="/wiki/inherited" title="inherited">inherited</a> by someone else; to pass down <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/upon#English" title="upon">upon</a></i> the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder. <span class="defdate">[from 16th c.]</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pass_down#English" title="pass down">pass down</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1932</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Cooper" class="extiw" title="w:Duff Cooper">Duff Cooper</a>, <cite>Talleyrand</cite>, Folio Society, published <span class="None" lang="und">2010</span>, page 4:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">an accident […] rendered him permanently lame, and therefore unfitted him, in the opinion of his parents, to inherit his father's many titles, which, it was then arranged, should <b>devolve</b> upon his younger brother.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/delegate" title="delegate">delegate</a> (a responsibility, duty, etc.) <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/on#English" title="on">on</a></i> or <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/upon#English" title="upon">upon</a></i> someone. <span class="defdate">[from 17th c.]</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms near-synonym"><span class="defdate">Near-synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pass_down#English" title="pass down">pass down</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pass_on#English" title="pass on">pass on</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hand_down#English" title="hand down">hand down</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">especially of a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity). <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Despite being a <a href="/wiki/unitary_state#English" title="unitary state">unitary state</a>, the <a href="/wiki/government#English" title="government">Government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom#English" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> <b>devolved</b> many matters to the Governments of <a href="/wiki/Scotland#English" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales#English" title="Wales">Wales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland#English" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1704</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Addison" class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Addison">Joseph Addison</a>, <cite>Remarks on Several Parts of Italy</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">They <b>devolved</b> their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1756</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke" class="extiw" title="w:Edmund Burke">Edmund Burke</a>, <cite>A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">An artful man became popular, the people had power in their hands, and they <b>devolved</b> a considerable share of their power upon their favourite […].</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2020</b> August 26, “Network News: Shapps orders rapid review of flash flood resilience from NR”, in <cite>Rail</cite>, page 8:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Shapps retains responsibility for rail safety in Scotland, with only the operation of track and train <b>devolved</b> to Transport Scotland.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To fall as a duty or responsibility <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/on#English" title="on">on</a></i> or <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/upon#English" title="upon">upon</a></i> someone. <span class="defdate">[from 18th c.]</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate term:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/befall#English" title="befall">befall</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1922</b></span> February, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joyce" class="extiw" title="w:James Joyce">James Joyce</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel)" class="extiw" title="w:Ulysses (novel)">Ulysses</a></cite>, Paris: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_and_Company_(1919%E2%80%931941)" class="extiw" title="w:Shakespeare and Company (1919–1941)">Shakespeare and Company</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="12, Rue de l’Odéon, 12">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/560090630">→OCLC</a></small>:</span></div>, Episode 16: <dl><dd>For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly <b>devolved</b> upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned.</dd></dl></li></ul> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">especially of government authority</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To shift or to be transferred from a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Many legislative powers <b>devolved</b> to the new Scottish parliament in 1999.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">intransitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/degenerate" title="degenerate">degenerate</a>; to <a href="/wiki/break_down" title="break down">break down</a>. <span class="defdate">[from 18th c.]</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolve#English" title="evolve">evolve</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/improve#English" title="improve">improve</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate terms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/deform#English" title="deform">deform</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/disintegrate#English" title="disintegrate">disintegrate</a></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/worsen#English" title="worsen">worsen</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">A discussion about politics may <b>devolve</b> into a shouting match.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/roll" title="roll">roll</a> (something) down; to <a href="/wiki/unroll" title="unroll">unroll</a>. <span class="defdate">[15th–19th c.]</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/roll_down#English" title="roll down">roll down</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate terms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/revolve#English" title="revolve">revolve</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/rotate#English" title="rotate">rotate</a></span></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms near-synonym"><span class="defdate">Near-synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unwind#English" title="unwind">unwind</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unfurl#English" title="unfurl">unfurl</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1744</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Akenside" class="extiw" title="w:Mark Akenside">Mark Akenside</a>, <cite>The Pleasures of the Imagination</cite>, section II:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">every headlong stream / <b>Devolves</b> its winding waters to the main.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1830</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson" class="extiw" title="w:Alfred, Lord Tennyson">Alfred, Lord Tennyson</a>, <cite>Character</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He spake of virtue […] And with […] a lack-lustre dead-blue eye, <b>Devolved</b> his rounded periods.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The verb is sometimes used in the context of biology (in sense 5, "to <a href="/wiki/degenerate" title="degenerate">degenerate</a>; to break down"), but generally not by scientists as it is highly subjective.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/devolvable#English" title="devolvable">devolvable</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/devolvee#English" title="devolvee">devolvee</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/devolvement#English" title="devolvement">devolvement</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/redevolve#English" title="redevolve">redevolve</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/undevolved#English" title="undevolved">undevolved</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/devolution#English" title="devolution">devolution</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_be_inherited_by_someone"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to be inherited by someone</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to be inherited by someone"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="пада се на (page does not exist)">пада се на</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">pada se na</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="переходить">переходи́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:переходить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">perexodítʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_delegate_something_to_someone_else"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to delegate something to someone else</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to delegate something to someone else"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC#Bulgarian" title="предавам">предавам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:предавам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">predavam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC#Bulgarian" title="прехвърлям">прехвърлям</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%B2%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:прехвърлям">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">prehvǎrljam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/p%C5%99en%C3%A9st#Czech" title="přenést">přenést</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AA%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="გადასცემს (page does not exist)">გადასცემს</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">gadascems</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BCbergeben#German" title="übergeben">übergeben</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%BCbergeben" class="extiw" title="de:übergeben">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/przekaza%C4%87#Polish" title="przekazać">przekazać</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/przekaza%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:przekazać">(pl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/przenie%C5%9B%C4%87#Polish" title="przenieść">przenieść</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/przenie%C5%9B%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:przenieść">(pl)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="передавать">передава́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:передавать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">peredavátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Scots: <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Scots">devolve</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/delegar#Spanish" title="delegar">delegar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/delegar" class="extiw" title="es:delegar">(es)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_degenerate"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to degenerate</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to degenerate"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270"> <ul><li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/involucionar#Spanish" title="involucionar">involucionar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/involucionar" class="extiw" title="es:involucionar">(es)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/evolved#English" title="evolved">evolved</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian">Italian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Italian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Italian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Italian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/deˈvɔl.ve/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Italian/%C9%94lve" title="Rhymes:Italian/ɔlve"><span class="IPA">-ɔlve</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="it">de‧vòl‧ve</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_2">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="it">devolve</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#third_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">third-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indicative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">indicative</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/devolvere#Italian" title="devolvere">devolvere</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Latin">Latin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Latin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Classical Latin">Classical Latin</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/deːˈu̯ol.u̯e/</span>, <span class="IPA">[d̪eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ]</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_phonology_and_orthography#Ecclesiastical_pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Latin phonology and orthography">modern Italianate Ecclesiastical</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Latin pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/deˈvol.ve/</span>, <span class="IPA">[d̪eˈvɔlve]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_3">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">dēvolve</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">second-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#active_voice" title="Appendix:Glossary">active</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imperative_mood" title="Appendix:Glossary">imperative</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/devolvo#Latin" title="devolvo">dēvolvō</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_4">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=devolve&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt">devolve</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">inflection of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/devolver#Portuguese" 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