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Definitions of devolve in various dictionaries:
verb - pass on or delegate to another
verb - be inherited by
verb - grow worse
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| 2 Vs, 2 Es, D, L, O:To delegate or to deteriorate |
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| transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration. |
| Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration. |
| Pass into (a different state, especially a worse one) degenerate. |
| pass on or delegate to another |
| grow worse |
| be inherited by |
| To pass on or delegate to another: The senator devolved the duties of office upon a group of aides. |
| Archaic To cause to roll onward or downward. |
| To be passed on or transferred to another: The burden of proof devolved upon the defendant. The estate devolved to an unlikely heir. |
| To degenerate or deteriorate gradually: After several hours the discussion had devolved into a shouting match. |
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Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization. Devolved territories have the power to make legislation relevant to the area. * Devolution differs from federalism in that the devolved powers of the subnational authority may be temporary and are reversible, ultimately residing with the central government. Thus, the state remains de jure unitary. Legislation creating devolved parliaments or assemblies can be repealed or amended by central government in the same way as any statute. In federal systems, by contrast, sub-unit government is guaranteed in the constitution, so the powers of the sub-units cannot be withdrawn unilaterally by the central government (i.e. without the consent of the sub-units being granted through the process of constitutional amendment). The sub-units therefore have a lower degree of protection under d |