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▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be inherited by someone else; to pass down upon the next person in a succession, especially through failure or loss of an earlier holder.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To delegate (a responsibility, duty, etc.) on or upon someone.
▸ verb:  (especially of a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.) To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity).
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To fall as a duty or responsibility on or upon someone.
▸ verb:  (especially of government authority) To shift or to be transferred from a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To degenerate; to break down.
▸ verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To roll (something) down; to unroll.

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