DEVELOP

verb see: envelop Date: 1750 transitive verb 1. to set forth or make clear by degrees or in detail ; expound , to make visible or manifest, to treat (as in dyeing) with an agent to cause the appearance of color, to subject (exposed photograph material) especially to chemicals in order to produce a visible image , to elaborate (a musical idea) by the working out of rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme, 2. to work out the possibilities of , to create or produce especially by deliberate effort over time , 3. to make active or promote the growth of , b. to make available or usable , to make suitable for commercial or residential purposes , to move (as a chess piece) from the original position to one providing more opportunity for effective use, 4. to cause to unfold gradually , to expand by a process of growth , to cause to grow and differentiate along lines natural to its kind , to become infected or affected by , to acquire gradually , intransitive verb 1. to go through a process of natural growth, differentiation, or evolution by successive changes , to acquire secondary sex characteristics, to become gradually manifest, to come into being gradually , ~able adjective