de·volve
verb/dɪˈvɒlv/
/dɪˈvɑːlv/
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down’): from Latin devolvere, from de- ‘down’ + volvere ‘to roll’.
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they devolve | /dɪˈvɒlv/ /dɪˈvɑːlv/ |
| he / she / it devolves | /dɪˈvɒlvz/ /dɪˈvɑːlvz/ |
| past simple devolved | /dɪˈvɒlvd/ /dɪˈvɑːlvd/ |
| past participle devolved | /dɪˈvɒlvd/ /dɪˈvɑːlvd/ |
| -ing form devolving | /dɪˈvɒlvɪŋ/ /dɪˈvɑːlvɪŋ/ |