Devolve

[Sarah]

To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over ordown; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as,after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the nextofficer in rank.His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville. Johnson.

[Sarah]

Th opposite of [evolve].

[Gregory]

Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration.

[Lanell]

[It’s] [evolving] but [backwards]