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Devolves

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fallverb(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
passverbTo change place.
returnverb(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
bearsnounA surname.
conveysverbTo communicate; to make known; to portray.
delegatesnounA person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
fallsnounA waterfall.
lies(Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful
restsverb(intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
transmitsverb(transitive, intransitive) To communicate (news or information, especially electronically).
devolvementnounThe act or process of devolving.
devolutionnoun(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
devolutionaryOf, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
degradesverb(transitive) To lower in value or social position.
descendsverbSenses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
regressesverb(intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
devitrificationnounThe formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state.
deterioratesverb(intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
deviatesnoun(statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
developsverb(transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.

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