devolute

English

Etymology

Latin devolutus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːvəluːt/, /ˈdiːvəljuːt/

Verb

devolute (third-person singular simple present devolutes, present participle devoluting, simple past and past participle devoluted)

  1. (obsolete) To devolve.
    • 1596, Willial Lambarde, A Perambulation of Kent:
      the right of the Aduowson was deuoluted vnto him

References
  • devolute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Italian

Participle

devolute f pl

  1. feminine plural of devoluto

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

dēvolūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēvolūtus
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