evolve

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To change and develop gradually over time.

   Human cultures have evolved over thousands of years.

2. 2
   verb

   (of plants and animals) to change physically over many generations through biological evolution.

   Scientists study how birds evolved from dinosaurs.

3. 3
   verb

   To develop or transform something into a new form.

   Over several years she evolved the short story into a full novel.

Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”).

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