evolve
IPA: ɪvˈɑɫv
verb
- (transitive)
- To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
- To change or transform (something).
- To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
- (biology)
- Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
- (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
- (obsolete) To wind or unwind (something).
- (intransitive)
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- To change, to transform.
- (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.
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Examples of "evolve" in Sentences
- Human being has evolved.
- Will either evolve or petrify
- The position evolved sporadically.
- The corps and the rank system evolved.
- The gimmick has evolved over the years.
- The soul of the flock evolves as a unit.
- As the consensus is evolved the article drastically.
- It is deemed that the human continues to spiritually evolve.
- Of course not; even the word evolve will evolve, or evolute.
- The aureole evolved by the development and decay of a thermal dome.
- How did the characters evolve from the time you began imagining them?
- Tasting a young Raveneau and knowing how it can evolve is also informative.
- The generations of mankind did not evolve from the intermarrying of brothers and sisters, as some propose.
- It is the strongest evidence yet that communication signals can evolve from the exaggeration and repetition of routine behaviours.
- The single word "evolve" is never meant as an explanation obviously; there is a huge literature describing all of the mechanisms of evolution.
- When I use the term evolve, I don't mean going from a fish to a human; I mean internal progress of the soul, a moving forward rather than backward, learning and applying it.
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