evolve
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evolve
- /ɪˈvɒlv/ UK
- /ɪˈvɑlv/ US
- /-ˈvɔlv/ US
- /iˈ-/ US
Rhymes with -ɒlv
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”).
verb evolves · evolving · evolved
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system. The animal soul sooner expands and evolves it self to its full orb and extent than the humane Soul
- To change or transform (something). Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop. You will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved.
- To acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution. How long ago did birds evolve beaks?
- To change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution. A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?
- To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction. to evolve odours
- To wind or unwind (something). And come, my Muſe! that lov'ſt the ſylvan ſhade, / Evolve the mazes, and the miſt diſpel; / Tranſlate the ſong; convince my doubting maid / No ſolemn Derviſe can explain ſo vvell— […]
- To move in regular procession through a system. [T]he principles which Art involves, Science alone evolves.
- To change, to transform. What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.
- Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution. How long ago did beaks evolve?
