Hyphenation of devolve

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word devolve? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

de-volve

Definitions of devolve:

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
3.	Grow worse Her condition deteriorated Conditions in the slums degenerated The discussion devolved into a shouting match

Synonyms of devolve:

verb	delegate, designate, depute, assign
verb	fall, return, pass, change hands
verb	deteriorate, drop, degenerate, worsen, decline

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.