evolve

Verb

Verb Forms: evolved, evolving, evolves

To develop gradually, especially from a simpler to a more complex state.
work out
undergo development or evolution
- "Modern man evolved a long time ago"
gain through experience
To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
To change or transform (something).
To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
To wind or unwind (something).
To move in regular procession through a system.
To change, to transform.
Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.

Examples

A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?
How long ago did beaks evolve?
How long ago did birds evolve beaks?
My Words With Friends strategy continues to EVOLVE with each new opponent.
Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.
to evolve odours
What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”).

Synonyms

acquire, develop, germinate

Scrabble Score: 12

evolve: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
evolve: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
evolve: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

evolve: valid Words With Friends Word