DEVELOP, verb transitive 1. To uncover; to unfold; to lay open; to disclose or make known something concealed or withheld from notice. The General began to develop the plan of his operations. These serve to develop its tenets. 2. To unravel; to unfold what is intricate; as, to develop a plot.
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