Devolve and Exceed

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.

verb

• Be greater in scope or size than some standard.
  • usage: "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds"
  • synonyms: transcend, surpass
• Be superior or better than some standard.
  • usage: "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
  • synonyms: transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top
• Be or do something to a greater degree.
  • usage: "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
  • synonyms: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, outdo, surmount, outperform

• (v.i.) To be more or greater; to be paramount.
• (v.i.) To go too far; to pass the proper bounds or measure.
• (v.t.) To go beyond; to proceed beyond the given or supposed limit or measure of; to outgo; to surpass; -- used both in a good and a bad sense; as, one man exceeds another in bulk, stature, weight, power, skill, etc.; one offender exceeds another in villainy; his rank exceeds yours.