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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

  1. verb To respond to an action or feeling with a similar one in return.
  2. verb Of machinery, to move back and forth repeatedly, like a piston.

return — full definition

  1. verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
  2. verb To take an item back to a shop for a refund or exchange.
  3. noun The act of coming back, or of giving something back.
  4. noun The profit or loss made on an investment.
  5. noun A form submitted to the government reporting income for tax purposes.

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