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e·volve

   [ih-volv] 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.

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exemplifying most nearly the essential characteristics of a higher group in natural history, and forming the type
the science of heredity, dealing with characteristics of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment
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Origin:
1635–45; < Latin ēvolvere to unroll, open, unfold, equivalent to ē- e- + volvere to roll, turn

Related forms
e·volv·a·ble, adjective
e·volve·ment, noun
e·volv·er, noun
non·e·volv·ing, adjective
self-e·volved, adjective
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self-e·volv·ing, adjective
un·e·volved, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • Our culture evolves, sometimes rapidly, and teaching styles with it--but cognitive processes evolve very slowly.
  • Failure to evolve can then lead to extinction.
  • New species evolve when some geographic barrier—a mountain range, an ocean, a glacier—divides a population.
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World English Dictionary
evolve (ɪˈvɒlv)
 
—vb
1.  to develop or cause to develop gradually
2.  (intr) (of animal or plant species) to undergo evolution
3.  (tr) to yield, emit, or give off (heat, gas, vapour, etc)
 
[C17: from Latin ēvolvere to unfold, from volvere to roll]
 
e'volvable
 
—adj
 
e'volvement
 
—n
 
e'volver
 
—n

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Word Origin & History

evolve
1640s, "to unfold, open out, expand," from L. evolvere "unroll," from ex- "out" + volvere "to roll" (see vulva). Related: Evolved; evolving.
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Science Dictionary
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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