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.
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.
To advance; to further; to prefect; to
make to increase; to promote the growth of.
To change the form of, as
of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations
without changing the value.
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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