"devolve" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1744, Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of the Imagination, section II",
          "text": "every headlong stream / Devolves its winding waters to the main.",
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          "text": "He spake of virtue […] And with […] a lack-lustre dead-blue eye, Devolved his rounded periods.",
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          "ref": "1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 4",
          "text": "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.",
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        "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."
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          "upon",
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        "(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."
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          "_dis1": "3 81 4 0 12",
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          "roman": "pada se na",
          "sense": "to be inherited by someone",
          "word": "пада се на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 81 4 0 12",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perexodítʹ",
          "sense": "to be inherited by someone",
          "word": "переходи́ть"
        }
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          "ref": "1704, Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy",
          "text": "They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty.",
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        {
          "ref": "1756, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful",
          "text": "An artful man became popular, the people had power in their hands, and they devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favourite […].",
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        "(transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone."
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          "roman": "predavam",
          "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
          "word": "предавам"
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          "roman": "prehvǎrljam",
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          "word": "прехвърлям"
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          "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
          "word": "přenést"
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gadascems",
          "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
          "word": "გადასცემს"
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          "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
          "word": "przekazać"
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          "code": "sco",
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          "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
          "word": "devolve"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
          "word": "delegar"
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          "text": "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."
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        "(intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone."
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        {
          "text": "A discussion about politics may devolve into a shouting match."
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        "To degenerate; to break down."
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        "(intransitive) To degenerate; to break down."
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        "third-person singular present indicative of devolvere"
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      "form": "dēvolve",
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      "ipa": "/deːˈu̯ol.u̯e/",
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      "ipa": "[d̪eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ]",
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    {
      "ipa": "/deˈvol.ve/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪eˈvɔlve]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll."
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        "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."
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          "upon",
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        "(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."
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          "ref": "1756, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful",
          "text": "An artful man became popular, the people had power in their hands, and they devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favourite […].",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "text": "Shapps retains responsibility for rail safety in Scotland, with only the operation of track and train devolved to Transport Scotland.",
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        "To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone."
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          "on",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone."
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          "ref": ", Episode 16",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone."
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        [
          "upon",
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        "(intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone."
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        "To degenerate; to break down."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To degenerate; to break down."
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pada se na",
      "sense": "to be inherited by someone",
      "word": "пада се на"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perexodítʹ",
      "sense": "to be inherited by someone",
      "word": "переходи́ть"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predavam",
      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "предавам"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prehvǎrljam",
      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "прехвърлям"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "přenést"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadascems",
      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "გადასცემს"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "przekazać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "przenieść"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "peredavátʹ",
      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "передава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "devolve"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to delegate something to someone else",
      "word": "delegar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "devolve"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "devolve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "de‧vòl‧ve"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian verb forms",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔlve",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔlve/3 syllables"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "devolvere"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular present indicative of devolvere"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devolvere",
          "devolvere#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈvɔl.ve/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔlve"
    }
  ],
  "word": "devolve"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dēvolve",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "dēvolve"
      },
      "expansion": "dēvolve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "dēvolvō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular present active imperative of dēvolvō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dēvolvō",
          "devolvo#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/deːˈu̯ol.u̯e/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/deˈvol.ve/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪eˈvɔlve]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "devolve"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese non-lemma forms",
    "Portuguese verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "devolve",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "devolver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of devolver:\n## third-person singular present indicative\n## second-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devolver",
          "devolver#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of devolver:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "devolver"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of devolver:\n## third-person singular present indicative\n## second-person singular imperative",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "devolver",
          "devolver#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of devolver:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "devolve"
}