evolve
vb, evolved evolv*ing vt : to produce by natural evolutionary processes <the Protozoa … evolved the types that were transitional to higher animals -R. W. Miner> vi : to develop by or as if by evolution : undergo evolutionary change <hygiene … has evolved into preventive medicine -Victor Robinson> .
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