evolve

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EVOLVE, verb transitive evolv'. [Latin evolvo; e and volvo, to roll; Eng. to wallow.] 1. To unfold; to open and expand. The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. 2. To throw out; to emit. EVOLVE, verb intransitive To open itself; to disclose itself.
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