devolve

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Devolve, de-volv′, v.t. to roll down: to hand down: to deliver over.—v.i. to roll down: to fall or pass over.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

"Either the President must do it himself, and be all the while active in it, or, "Devolve it on some member of his Cabinet.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 by Lincoln, Abraham

Devolve, dear maid, thy sorrows on the wretch, Whose fear, or rage, or treachery, betray'd us!

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel

"Either the President must do it himself, and be all the while active in it, or "Devolve it on some member of his Cabinet.

From Great Britain and the American Civil War by Adams, Ephraim Douglass

Either the President must do it himself, and be all the while active in it, or Devolve it on some member of his cabinet.

From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by Nicolay, John George