Evolve
Origin
From Latin Ä“volvere, present active infinitive of Ä“volvÅ ("unroll, unfold"), from Ä“ ("out of"), short form of ex, + volvÅ ("roll").
Full definition of evolve
Verb
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- Sir M. HaleThe animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul.
- William Whewell (1794-1866)The principles which art involves, science alone evolves.
- John Shairp (1819-1885)Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.
- To change, transform, develop.
- 1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the SpringtimeYou will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved.
- (biology) Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- 2013, Katie L. Burke, In the News, Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
- (chemistry) To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).to evolve odours