Definition of Devolve

Verb

  • grow worse
    "Her condition deteriorated"
    "Conditions in the slums degenerated"
    "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
  • 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"
  • pass on or delegate to another
    "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
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Word games points for the Devolve

  • Scrabble® score of the devolve (14)
  • Word Chums® score of the devolve (19)
  • Words With Friends® score of the devolve (17)

Unscramble devolve

54 unscramble word found using the letters devolve.

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