1. transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration: "measures to devolve power to the provinces"
▪ (of duties or responsibility) pass to (a body or person at a lower level): "his duties devolved on a comrade"
▪ degenerate or be split into:"the Empire devolved into separate warring states"
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down’): from Latin devolvere, from de- ‘down’ + volvere ‘to roll’.
