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Develop   /dɪvˈɛləp/   Listen
verb
Develop  v. t.  (past & past part. developed; pres. part. developing)  (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." "The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy."
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." "All insects... acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed."
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."
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.
Synonyms: To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open; disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.


Develop  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."
2.
To become apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.





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"Develop" Quotes from Famous Books



... point I want to develop is that the modern doctor's business is an extremely simple one, which could be acquired in about two weeks. This is the way ...
— Literary Lapses • Stephen Leacock
... A poem is generally read in solitude, and a picture can be seen by only a few at a time; but a concert or opera may be enjoyed by 5,000 or more at a time—the more the merrier. I have already stated that in public schools music helps to develop a sympathetic feeling of mutual enjoyment. And why is it that music, ever since the days of the ancient Hebrews and Greeks, has been always provided at political meetings and processions, at picnics, ...
— Chopin and Other Musical Essays • Henry T. Finck
... housekeeper said that she was sick and tired of life. My friend said it did not matter. The Child clung to the frying- pan with passion. The book my friend was reading said that was how the human mind was formed: the Child's instinct prompted it to seize upon objects tending to develop its brain faculty. What the parent had got to do was to stand aside and ...
— The Angel and the Author - and Others • Jerome K. Jerome
... other assented and took up the paper again. Hamilton waited. He had spent but little time in the mountains but he had learned the value of allowing topics to develop slowly, even though his host was better informed than most of the people in the region. Although not an actual relative, Hamilton always called him "Uncle" because he had fought with distinguished honor in the regiment that Hamilton's father commanded during the Civil War, ...
— The Boy With the U.S. Census • Francis Rolt-Wheeler
... retain all they ever knew of science, but they can develop, even as brains in bodies can develop. Their knowledge does not become outmoded, if they are kept informed of the latest currents of scientific thought. From old knowledge and new they build their structures of logic once my command sets them on. Wills of their ...
— The Affair of the Brains • Anthony Gilmore


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