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devolve
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?volv? (“roll or tumble off or down”), from d? + volv? (“roll”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??v??v/
Verb
devolve (third-person singular simple present devolves, present participle devolving, simple past and past participle devolved)
- (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll. [15th-19th c.]
- 1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination, II:
- every headlong stream / Devolves its winding waters to the main.
- 1830, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Character:
- He spake of virtue […] And with […] a lack-lustre dead-blue eye, Devolved his rounded periods.
- 1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination, II:
- (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder. [from 16th c.]
- 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 4:
- 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 devolve upon his younger brother.
- 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 4:
- (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone. [from 17th c.]
- 1704, Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy:
- They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty.
- 1756, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful:
- An artful man became popular, the people had power in their hands, and they devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favourite […].
- 1704, Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy:
- (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone. [from 18th c.]
- , Episode 16:
- For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly devolved upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned.
- , Episode 16:
- (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down. [from 18th c.]
- A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match.
Usage notes
- The verb is sometimes used in the context of biology (in sense 5, "to degenerate; to break down"), but generally not by scientists as it is highly subjective.
Related terms
- devolution
Translations
Anagrams
- evolved
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?lve
Verb
devolve
- third-person singular present indicative of devolvere
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /de??u?ol.u?e/, [d?e??u????u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de?vol.ve/, [d???v?lv?]
Verb
d?volve
- second-person singular present active imperative of d?volv?
Portuguese
Verb
devolve
- third-person singular present indicative of devolver
- second-person singular imperative of devolver
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inherit
English
Etymology
From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Replaced native Old English irfan, compare related noun erf (“inheritance”), from Middle English erve, from Old English yrfe, ierfe (“heritage, bequest, inheritance, property, inherited property, property that passes to an heir, cattle, livestock”), from Proto-Germanic *arbij? (“heritage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erb?- (“to change ownership”) (from which also *h?órb?os (“orphan”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?h???t/
- Rhymes: -???t
Verb
inherit (third-person singular simple present inherits, present participle inheriting, simple past and past participle inherited)
- (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
- (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
- (transitive, biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
- (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
- (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.
- (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- (computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
- (transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.
Usage notes
- Do not confuse with inherent.
Derived terms
Translations
inherit From the web:
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- what inheritance pattern is blood type
- what inheritance means
- what inheritance is blood type
- what inheritance pattern is most likely and why
- what inherited assets are taxable
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