devolve
     v 1: pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved
          his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital"
     2: be inherited by; "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" [syn: {fall}, {return},
         {pass}]
     3: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
        slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a
        shouting match" [syn: {deteriorate}, {drop}, {degenerate}]
        [ant: {recuperate}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0