devolution
devolution is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Transference from one person to another; a passing or devolving upon a successor. The devolution of the crown through a . . . channel known and conformable to old constitutional requisitions. De Quincey.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abalienate
- abalienation
- acquire
- alien
- alienable
- alienate
- alienation
- and
- another
- assign
- assignment
- bargain
- barter
- change
- come
- coming
- confer
- consign
- convey
- conveyance
- conveyancing
- demise
- devolve
- disinherit
- dispossess
- down
- enfeoffment
- estate
- exchange
- from
- grant
- hand
- interchange
- into
- lease
- limitation
- make
- negotiable
- negotiate
- one
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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