Evolve /(?)/

E·volve

Evolve

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Evolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Evolving

  1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
    The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul.
    — Sir. M. Hale.
    The principles which art involves, science alone evolves.
    Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.
    — J. C. Shairp.
  2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.

Evolve

v. i.
  1. To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution.