(~s, evolving, ~d)
1.
When animals or plants ~, they gradually change and develop into different forms.
The bright plumage of many male birds has ~d to attract females...
Maize ~d from a wild grass in Mexico.
...when amphibians ~d into reptiles.
VERB: V, V from n, V into n
2.
If something ~s or you ~ it, it gradually develops over a period of time into something different and usually more advanced.
...a tiny airline which eventually ~d into Pakistan International Airlines...
Popular music ~d from folk songs...
As medical knowledge ~s, beliefs change...
This was when he ~d the working method from which he has never departed.
VERB: V into n, V from n, V, V n