Evolve

Quick meaning: Evolve is a verb meaning To move (something) in regular procession through a system.

Meaning

To move (something) in regular procession through a system.

More Meanings

1. To change or transform (something).
2. To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
3. Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
4. To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
5. To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
6. To wind or unwind (something).
7. To move in regular procession through a system.

Example Sentences

How long ago did birds evolve beaks?

[…]I ask you, rather, to evolve a suitable plan with due deliberation and report it to me."¹⁴

Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.

The animal soul sooner expands and evolves it self to its full orb and extent than the humane Soul

Word Forms

• evolves
• evolving
• evolved

Synonyms for evolve

Depending on context, synonyms include develop, progress, convert, draw, metamorphize, metamorphose.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include develop, mutate, lead, forge, mature, tailor.

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