Evolve
[ɪ'vɒlv] or [ɪ'vɑlv]
Definition
(verb.) undergo development or evolution; 'Modern man evolved a long time ago'.
(verb.) work out; 'We have developed a new theory of evolution'.
Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
(v. t.) To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.
(v. i.) To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Unroll, unfold, expand, open, develop.
Edited by Ivan
Definition
v.t. to unroll: to disclose: to develop: to unravel.—v.i. to disclose itself: to result.—n. Ev′olūte (math.) an original curve from which another curve (the involute) is described by the end of a thread gradually unwound from the former.—adj. Evolv′able that can be drawn out.—n. Evolve′ment.—adj. Evolv′ent.
Checker: Merle
Examples
- The superadded circumstance which would evolve the genius had not yet come; the universe had not yet beckoned. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- As special breeds are developed by artificial selection, so new species evolve by a process of natural selection. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There are a few kinds of mines which evolve no gas, and in these naked lights are used. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But it is absurd to suppose that these have an independent growth of their own, which left to itself would evolve a perfect speech. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It had to go to school to Greco-Roman civilization; it also borrowed rather than evolved its culture. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The battleship and one form of cruiser were evolved from the conflicting opinions of two opposite schools of design. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The net result of this work was the general type of machine of which the well-known phonograph of today is a refinement evolved through many years of sustained experiment and improvement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was discovered in 1836 by Edmond Davy, who produced carburet of potassium, and evolved acetylene gas therefrom by decomposing it with water. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In this way Edison invented the electric light and evolved the central station that should provide the current wherever it was needed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The automobile is older even than the locomotive, and is, in fact, the early model from which the rail locomotive was evolved. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thus constant devotion to pursuits strenuously demanding labour-saving devices evolved a race of keen inventors and mechanics. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Mr. Gryce's interest in Americana had not originated with himself: it was impossible to think of him as evolving any taste of his own. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They all pose as though their real opinions had been discovered and attained through the self-evolving of a cold, pure, divinely indifferent dialectic. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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