transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈvälv, -ˈvȯlv, dē- ]
verb
( de·volved ; de·volv·ing )
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin devolvere, from de- + volvere to roll — more at voluble
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
: to pass on (as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another
devolving to western Europe full responsibility for its own defense — Christopher Lane
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to pass by transmission or succession
the estate devolved on a distant cousin
b. : to fall or be passed usually as a responsibility or obligation
the responsibility for breadwinning has devolved increasingly upon women — Barbara Ehrenreich
2. : to come by or as if by flowing down
his allegedly subversive campaigns… devolve from his belief in basic American rights — Frank Deford
3. : to degenerate through a gradual change or evolution
where order devolve s into chaos — Johns Hopkins Magazine