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Word entry · 7 letters

devolve

Best crossword clue

"Grow progressively worse"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈvɒɫv/Part of speech verbSorted deelovvStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. grow progressively worse

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin dēvolvō (“roll or tumble off or down”), from dē- + volvō (“roll”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Near-synonyms: pass down, pass on, hand down
  • Despite being a unitary state, the Government of the United Kingdom devolved many matters to the Governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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