[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

develop \devel"op\ d-eve^l"o^p, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   developed; p. pr.  vb. n. developing. f. d'eveloper;
   d'e- l. dis- + of. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh.
   from l. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to
   make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug
   cf. voluptuous; or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere,
   volutum, to roll cf. devolve. cf. envelop. 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.
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            these serve to develop its tenets.    --milner.
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            the 20th was spent in strengthening our position and
            developing the line of the enemy.     --the century.
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   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.
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            the sound developed itself into a real compound.
                                                  --j. peile.
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            all insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before
            the wings are fully developed.        --owen.
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   3. to advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase;
      to promote the growth of.
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            we must develop our own resources to the utmost.
                                                  --jowett
                                                  thucyd.
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   4. math. to change the form of, as of an algebraic
      expression, by executing certain indicated operations
      without changing the value.
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   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.
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   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.

   syn: to uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open;
        disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.
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see also:
developed developing voluptuous devolve envelop develope 
to develop a curved surface on a plane 

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