*evolve*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Devolved p. pr. & vb. n. Devolving. ] [ L. devolvere, devolutum, to roll down; de + volvere to roll down; de + volvere to roll. See Voluble. ] 1. To roll onward or downward; to pass on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every headlong stream
Devolves its winding waters to the main. Akenside. [ 1913 Webster ]

Devolved his rounded periods. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with upon, sometimes with to or into. [ 1913 Webster ]

They devolved a considerable share of their power upon their favorite. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

They devolved their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with on or upon, sometimes with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of devolving;; devolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Evolved p. pr. & vb. n. Evolving. ] [ L. evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See Voluble. ] 1. To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. Sir. M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of evolving, or the state of being evolved; evolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. evolvens, -entis, unrolling, p. pr. of evolvere. ] (Geom.) The involute of a curve. See Involute, and Evolute. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Revolved p. pr. & vb. n. Revolving. ] [ L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf. Revolt, revolution. ] 1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the earth revolve thus, each house near the equator must move a thousand miles an hour. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets revolve round the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To return; to pass. [ R. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To cause to turn, as on an axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then in the east her turn she shines,
Revolved on heaven's great axile. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, to turn over and over in the mind; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of. [ 1913 Webster ]

This having heard, straight I again revolved
The law and prophets. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of revolving. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of revolving; revolution. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Its own revolvency upholds the world. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]