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e⋅volve

  [i-volv] verb, e⋅volved, e⋅volv⋅ing.
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–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 ēvolvere to unroll, open, unfold, equiv. to ē- 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')   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Evolvement

E*volve"ment\, n. The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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