devolve
verb (used with object)
to transfer or delegate (a duty, responsibility, etc.) to or upon another; pass on.
will devolve
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future tenseof devolve.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Otherwise, our society and our morality will devolve to something nobody, but a handful wanted.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2025
According to the new law, Reedy Creek’s functions will devolve to Orange and neighboring Osceola counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
Maybe it will devolve into a hand sanitizer and face mask catalog.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2020
The Scotland Bill will devolve control over rates and bands of income tax to the Scottish Parliament.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2015
The command, in my absence, will devolve on Captain Troubridge; than whom, the king has not a better sea-officer.
From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 by James Harrison
