devolve
verb
[ dɪˈvɒlv ]
• transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration.
• "measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly"
Similar:
delegate,
pass (down/on),
hand down/over/on,
depute,
transfer,
transmit,
commit,
assign,
consign,
convey,
entrust,
turn over,
make over,
sign over,
give,
part with,
let go of,
leave,
cede,
surrender,
relinquish,
deliver,
bestow,
grant,
offload,
dump,
get rid of,
palm off,
foist,
fob off,
• pass into (a different state, especially a worse one); degenerate.
• "the Empire devolved into separate warring states"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down’): from Latin devolvere, from de- ‘down’ + volvere ‘to roll’.
