Dictionary:
e·volve (ĭ-vŏlv') ![]() |
v., e·volved, e·volv·ing, e·volves. v.tr.
- To develop or achieve gradually: evolve a style of one's own.
- To work (something) out; devise: “the schemes he evolved to line his purse” (S.J. Perelman).
- Biology. To develop (a characteristic) by evolutionary processes.
- To give off; emit.
- To undergo gradual change; develop: an amateur acting group that evolved into a theatrical company.
- Biology. To develop or arise through evolutionary processes.
[Latin ēvolvere, to unroll : ē-, ex-, ex- + volvere, to roll.]
evolvable e·volv'a·ble adj.evolvement e·volve'ment n.




