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Develop

//dɪˈvɛl.əp//

Definitions

verbdevelops · developing · developed · developt

1
To discover, find out; to uncover.
‘The mystery which I cannot develop, may by that time be removed […].’
2
To change with a specific direction, progress.
Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.
3
To progress through a sequence of stages.
Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane. An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant.
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Word Origin

Borrowed from French développer, from Middle French desveloper, from Old French desveloper, from des- + voloper, veloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian sviluppare, Old Italian alternati...

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