Definitions For Devolve

verb

  • Grow worse
  • Be inherited by
  • Pass on or delegate to another
  • To gradually go from an advanced state to a less advanced state
  • To pass (responsibility, power, etc.) from one person or group to another person or group at a lower level of authority
  • To be given to someone after the owner has died

Is Devolve a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
17

The word Devolve is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Devolve in a Sentence

  • She cynically asserts that our species is devolving.
  • Somehow the debate devolved into a petty competition to see who could get more applause.
  • Community leaders hope that the new government will devolve more power to the community itself.

Synonyms for Devolve

Antonyms for Devolve

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