English-Thai Dictionary

devolve

VT ถ่ายโอน อำนาจ ไป ยัง คนที่ มีอำนาจ น้อยกว่า  ถ่ายโอน ความรับผิดชอบ ไป ยัง คนที่ มี ความรับผิดชอบ น้อยกว่า  commit entrust offer a post thai-on-am-nad-pai-yang-kon-ti-me-am-nad-noi-kwa

 

devolve on

PHRV มอบให้ (อำนาจ  หน้าที่  ความรับผิดชอบ ฯลฯ  mob-hai

 

devolve upon

PHRV มอบให้ (อำนาจ  หน้าที่  ความรับผิดชอบ ฯลฯ  mob-hai

 

devolvement

N การ ตกทอด มรดก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEVOLVE

v.t.devolv. [L., to roll. ] 1. To roll down; to pour or flow with windings.
Through splendid kingdoms he devolves his maze.
2. To move from one person to another; to deliver over, or from one possessor to a successor.
The king devolved the care and disposition of affairs on the duke or Ormond.

 

DEVOLVE

v.i.devolv. Literally, to roll down; hence, to pass from one to another; to fall by succession from one possessor to his successor. In the absence of the commander in chief, the command devolved on the next officer in rank. On the death of the prince, the crown devolved on his eldest son.

 

DEVOLVED

pp. Rolled down; passed over to another.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEVOLVE

De *volve ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Devolving. ]Etym: [L. devolvere, devolutum, to roll down; de + volvere to roll down; de + volvere to roll. See Voluble. ]

 

1. To roll onward or downward; to pass on. Every headlong stream Devolves its winding waters to the main. Akenside. Devolved his rounded periods. Tennyson.

 

2. To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into. They devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favorite. Burke. They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty. Addison.

 

DEVOLVE

DEVOLVE De *volve ", v. i.

 

Defn: 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. His estate. .. devolved to Lord Somerville. Johnson.

 

DEVOLVEMENT

DEVOLVEMENT De *volve "ment, n.

 

Defn: The act or process of devolving; ; devolution.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

devolve

de volve |diˈvälv dəˈvɑlv | ▶verb [ with obj. ] transfer or delegate (power ) to a lower level, esp. from central government to local or regional administration: measures to devolve power to the provinces | (as adj. devolved ) : devolved and decentralized government. • [ no obj. ] (devolve on /upon /to ) (of duties or responsibility ) pass to (a body or person at a lower level ): his duties devolved on a comrade. • [ no obj. ] (devolve into ) formal degenerate or be split into: the Empire devolved into separate warring states. DERIVATIVES de volve ment noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down ’): from Latin devolvere, from de- ‘down ’ + volvere ‘to roll. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

devolve

devolve |dɪˈvɒlv | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] transfer or delegate (power ) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration: measures to devolve power to a Scottish assembly | (as adj. devolved ) : devolved and decentralized government. • [ no obj. ] (devolve on /upon /to ) (of duties or responsibility ) pass to (a body or person at a lower level ): his duties devolved on a comrade. • [ no obj. ] (devolve on /upon /to ) Law (of property ) be transferred from one owner to (another ), especially by inheritance. 2 [ no obj. ] (devolve into ) formal pass into (a different state, especially a worse one ); degenerate: the Empire devolved into separate warring states. DERIVATIVES devolvement noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘roll down ’): from Latin devolvere, from de- ‘down ’ + volvere ‘to roll ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

devolve

devolve verb the move would devolve responsibility to local units: delegate, depute, pass (down /on ), download, hand down /over /on, transfer, transmit, assign, consign, convey, entrust, turn over, give, cede, surrender, relinquish, deliver; bestow, grant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

devolve

devolve verb the move would devolve responsibility to local units: delegate, pass (down /on ), hand down /over /on, depute, transfer, transmit, commit, assign, consign, convey, entrust, turn over, make over, sign over, give, part with, let go of, leave, cede, surrender, relinquish, deliver; bestow, grant; offload, dump, get rid of, palm off, foist, fob off. ANTONYMS centralize; retain.

 

Spanish Dictionary

devolver

devolver verbo transitivo 1 Hacer que una persona tenga de nuevo lo que había dejado de tener :te devuelvo tus fotos; el técnico confía en poder devolver al aficionado la ilusión que tenía en el equipo .2 Hacer que una persona o una cosa vuelva al lugar o al estado en que estaba antes :el ministro afirmó que su gobierno pediría aviones para devolver a los refugiados a sus países de origen; el nuevo gerente ha devuelto la empresa a su antigua posición .3 Corresponder a la acción de una persona con otra acción :te devuelvo el favor invitándote a cenar .4 Entregar el dinero que sobra de un pago a la persona que lo efectuó :te tienen que devolver 200 pesos de los 3000 que has pagado .5 Entregar al vendedor una cosa que se ha comprado y recuperar el importe pagado por ella :tengo que devolver la camiseta porque está rota .6 verbo transitivo /verbo intransitivo coloquial Expulsar violentamente por la boca el contenido del estómago :algo le sentó mal y devolvió la cena .SINÓNIMO vomitar . VÉASE devolver la pelota . El participio es devuelto .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

devolve

de volve /dɪvɑ́lv |-vɔ́lv /動詞 ｟かたく ｠他動詞 〈権限など 〉を 【人に 】譲り渡す, 委ねる «on, upon » .自動詞 1 〈権限などが 〉【人に 】移る, 渡る «on, upon, to » .2 〈財産などが 〉 (所有者の死亡などで )【人に 】譲渡される «to » .