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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
e·volve       [i-volv] Pronunciation Key verb, e·volved, e·volv·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
2.to give off or emit, as odors or vapors.
–verb (used without object)
3.to come forth gradually into being; develop; undergo evolution: The whole idea evolved from a casual remark.
4.Biology. to develop by a process of evolution to a different adaptive state or condition: The human species evolved from an ancestor that was probably arboreal.
[Origin: 1635–45; < L évolvere to unroll, open, unfold, equiv. to é- e- + volvere to roll, turn]

—Related forms
e·volv·a·ble, adjective
e·volve·ment, noun
e·volv·er, noun
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e·volve       (ĭ-vŏlv')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   e·volved, e·volv·ing, e·volves

v.   tr.
    1. To develop or achieve gradually: evolve a style of one's own.
    2. To work (something) out; devise: "the schemes he evolved to line his purse" (S.J. Perelman).
  2. Biology To develop (a characteristic) by evolutionary processes.
  3. To give off; emit.

v.   intr.
  1. To undergo gradual change; develop: an amateur acting group that evolved into a theatrical company.
  2. Biology To develop or arise through evolutionary processes.


[Latin ēvolvere, to unroll : ē-, ex-, ex- + volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

e·volv'a·ble adj., e·volve'ment n.
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evolve 
1641, "to unfold, open out, expand," from L. evolvere "unroll," from ex- "out" + volvere "to roll" (see vulva). Evolution (1622), originally meant "unrolling of a book;" it first was used in the modern scientific sense 1832 by Scot. geologist Charles Lyell. Charles Darwin used the word only once, in the closing paragraph of "The Origin of Species" (1859), and preferred descent with modification, in part because evolution already had been used in the 18c. homunculus theory of embryological development (first proposed under this name by Bonnet, 1762), in part because it carried a sense of "progress" not found in Darwin's idea. But Victorian belief in progress prevailed (along with brevity), and Herbert Spencer and other biologists popularized evolution.

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evolve

verb
1. work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" 
2. undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago" 
3. gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting" [syn: develop] 

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evolve       (ĭ-vŏlv')  Pronunciation Key 
  1. To undergo biological evolution, as in the development of new species or new traits within a species.
  2. To develop a characteristic through the process of evolution.
  3. To undergo change and development, as the structures of the universe.

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Evolve

E*volve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Evolving.] [L. evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See Voluble.]

1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.

The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. --Sir. M. Hale.

The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. --Whewell.

Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. --J. C. Shairp.

2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.

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Evolve

E*volve"\, v. i. To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. --Prior.

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