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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Develop \De*vel"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Developed}; p. pr & vb n. {Developing}.] [F. d['e]veloper; d['e]- (L. dis-) + OF voluper, voleper to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. {Voluptuous}); or perh. fr a derivative of volvere volutum to roll (cf. {Devolve}). Cf {Envelop}.] [Written also {develope}.] 1. To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known to disclose; to produce or give forth; as to develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power. These serve to develop its tenets. --Milner. The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. --The Century. 2. To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being as sunshine and rain develop the bud into a flower; to develop the mind. The sound developed itself into a real compound. --J. Peile. All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. --Owen. 3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of We must develop our own resources to the utmost. --Jowett (Thucyd). 4. (Math.) To change the form of as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. 5. (Photog.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view. {To develop a curved surface on a plane} (Geom.), to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane. Syn: To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Develop \De*vel"op\, v. i. 1. To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; as a blossom develops from a bud; the seed develops into a plant; the embryo develops into a well-formed animal; the mind develops year by year. Nor poets enough to understand That life develops from within. --Mrs. Browning. 2. To become apparent gradually; as a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: develop v 1: make something new and usually improved, such as a product;"Her company developed a new kind of building material that withstands all kinds of weather" 2: work out as of a theory or an idea; "We have developed a new theory of evolution" [syn: {evolve}] 3: gradually acquire new traits or characteristics: "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong" [syn: {evolve}] 4: come to have of physical features and attributes; "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body" [syn: {grow}, {produce}, {get}, {acquire}] 5: come into existence or develop: "A new religious movement originated in that country" "a love that sprang up from friendship," "the idea for the book grew out of a short story" [syn: {originate}, {arise}, {rise}, {spring up}, {grow}] 6: change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources" 7: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis" [syn: {explicate}, {formulate}] 8: prepare for a future task or career; "I am training young minds"; "develop leaders" [syn: {train}, {prepare}, {educate}] 9: be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest; "The plot developed slowly"; "It develops thay neither one knows the answer" 10: grow, progress, unfold, or evolve gradually through a process of evolution, natural growth, or differentiation; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower" 11: disclose or reveal (obsolete); "We must develop the enemy soldiers" 12: make a country technologically advanced; "Many countries in Asia are now highly developed"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly" [syn: {civilize}, {modernize}] 13: cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; "The perfect climate here develops the grain"; "He developed a new kind of apple" [syn: {make grow}] 14: generate gradually; "We must develop more potential customers" 15: grow emotionally or mature; "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten" [syn: {grow}] 16: make visible by means of chemical solutions; of photographic film; "Please develop this roll of film for me" 17: superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry 18: move one's chess pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; "Spassky developed quickly" 19: move into a strategically more advantageous position, of a chess piece; "develop the rook" 20: elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme 21: happen, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops" [syn: {break}] 22: expand a function or expression in the form of a series, in mathematics
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