devolver — meaning in English
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English meaning
- reciprocate verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
- return verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
- withdraw verb To take money out of a bank account.
Senses
devolver is used for these senses in English:
- give back (archaic) To recede; to retreat.
- pay back (figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.
- reciprocate (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.
- return (transitive) To give something back to its original holder or owner.
- take back (transitive) To return (something) to a vendor for a refund.
- withdraw To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
reciprocate — full definition
- verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
- verb Of machinery, to move back and forth repeatedly, like a piston.
return — full definition
- verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
- verb To take an item back to a shop for a refund or exchange.
- noun The act of coming back, or of giving something back.
- noun The profit or loss made on an investment.
- noun A form submitted to the government reporting income for tax purposes.