devolve

devolve one's work on sb.

Additional powers will devolve to the regional governments.

The burden of proof devolved upon the defendant. The estate devolved to an unlikely heir.

measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly.

his duties devolved on a comrade.

the Empire devolved into separate warring states.

All the responsibility has devolved upon him.

When the President is ill, his duties devolve on the Vice-President.

The senator devolved the duties of office upon a group of aides.

More powers are gradually being devolved to the regions.

"While Mr White was ill, most of his work devolved on his nephew."

Upon his retirement, the business devolved on his son.

This might entail a commitment to devolve and diffuse power as much as practicably possible by fostering ‘multiple-veto points.

His duties devolved upon his collegues while he were abroad.

As Vice-Chancellor, it is my intention to devolve more authority to the Deans, as they are much closer to the Departments.The appointed Deanship is a step towards decentralization of authority.

A Labour Government created the devolved institutions in Scotland and Wales.

They were published in the winter of 1774-1775 when torque devolved into war.

More powers could be devolved, too.

We certainly gain precision but we completely get devolved or divorced from where time originally came from.

Being too diplomatic is safer, unless it devolves into insincere platitudes.

But as the debate played out, the scene devolved into a spectacle.

Madrid has demanded Catalonia's devolved government confirms if it is declaring independence or not.

The Scottish parliament is devolved and needs British permission to hold a new independence referendum.

The UN official coordinating relief efforts in the country Abdul Ying warned that it is devolving into a full-blown catastrophe.

Former members of Catalonia's devolved government are due to appear in Spain's High Court in Madrid.