de·vel·op
vt 1 a : to cause or undergo the growth, strengthening, or enlargement of <ed their muscles by weight lifting> b : to cause to grow and differentiate along lines natural to its kind <the zygote is gradually ed into the adult plant or animal> 2 : to have (something) unfold or differentiate within one - used esp. of diseases and abnormalities <too many children ed tuberculosis> vi 1 : to go through a process of natural growth, differentiation, or evolution by successive stages <the fever s normally> <the embryo s into a well-formed human being> 2 : to acquire secondary sex characteristics <she is ing rapidly for a girl of 12> .
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