evolve: Meaning and Definition of

e•volve

1. to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
2. to give off or emit, as odors or vapors.

1. to come forth gradually into being; develop; undergo evolution: The whole idea evolved from a casual remark.
2. to develop by a process of evolution to a different adaptive state or condition: The human species evolved from an ancestor that was probably arboreal.