Devolve and Delegate

verb

• Pass on or delegate to another.
  • usage: "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
• Be inherited by.
  • usage: "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
  • synonyms: fall, return, pass
• Grow worse.
  • usage: "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
  • synonyms: deteriorate, drop, degenerate

• (v.t.) To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into.
• (v.t.) To roll onward or downward; to pass on.
• (v.i.) To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank.

To pass on or delegate to another, e. G. A' DEVOLVE'd letter of credit.

noun

• A person appointed or elected to represent others.

verb

• Transfer power to someone.
  • synonyms: depute
• Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person. ).
  • synonyms: designate, depute, assign

• (n.) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers or for forming or altering a constitution.
• (n.) Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
• (n.) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
• (v.t.) To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
• (v.t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
• (a.) Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.