evolve

verb10

1. •
   To change or transform (something).

   • Over several years the author evolved the story originally drafted as a novella into a real epic.
2. •
   To acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.

   • How long ago did birds evolve beaks?
3. •
   To change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.

   • A hundred thousand years from now, will Homo sapiens have evolved into beings unrecognizable to their ancestors?
4. •
   Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.

   • How long ago did beaks evolve?
5. •
   To change, to transform.

   • What began as a few lines of code has now evolved into a million-line behemoth.
6. •
   To cause (something) to come into being or develop.

   • You will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved. — 1939
7. •
   To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
8. •
   To move (something) in regular procession through a system.

   • The animal soul sooner expands and evolves it self to its full orb and extent than the humane Soul — 1677
9. •
   To move in regular procession through a system.

   • [T]he principles which Art involves, Science alone evolves. — 1840
10. •
    (no longer used) To wind or unwind (something).

    • And come, my Muse! that lov'st the sylvan shade, / Evolve the mazes, and the mist dispel; / Translate the song; convince my doubting maid / No solemn Dervise can explain so vvell— […] — 1795