Word Meanings - DEVELOP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. (more info) voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable

Additional info about word: DEVELOP

To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value. (more info) voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug ; or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere, 1. 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. These serve to develop its tenets. Milner. The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and developing the line of the enemy. The Century. 2. 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. The sound developed itself into a real compound. J. Peile. All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed. Owen. 3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of. We must develop our own resources to the utmost. Jowett .

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEVELOP)

• Amplify
• Enrich
• enlarge
• increase
• augment
• multiply
• dilate
• develop
• swell
• expatiate
• expand
• discuss
• unfold
• extend
• Economize
• Husband
• utilize
• Educate
• Instruct
• nurture
• discipline
• train
• teach
• ground
• school
• initiate
• Exercise Practise
• cultivate
• Expand
• Swell
• spread
• open
• diffuse
• amplify

Related words: (words related to DEVELOP)

• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• TEACHER
  1. One who teaches or instructs; one whose business or occupation is to instruct others; an instructor; a tutor. 2. One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination.
• TEACHABLENESS
  Willingness to be taught.
• GROUNDWORK
  That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.
• SCHOOL-TEACHER
  One who teaches or instructs a school. -- School"-teach`ing, n.
• GROUNDEN
  p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• ECONOMIZE
  To manage with economy; to use with prudence; to expend with frugality; as, to economize one's income. Expenses in the city were to be economized. Jowett . Calculating how to economize time. W. Irving.
• ENLARGEMENT
  1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
• UNFOLDER
  One who, or that which, unfolds.
• HUSBANDABLE
  Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy. Sherwood.
• DEVELOPMENT
  The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization. The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another
• HUSBANDLESS
  Destitute of a husband. Shak.
• EXTENDLESSNESS
  Unlimited extension. An . . . extendlessness of excursions. Sir. M. Hale.
• EXERCISE
  exercitum, to drive on, keep, busy, prob. orig., to thrust or drive 1. The act of exercising; a setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use; habitual activity; occupation, in
• GROUNDNUT
  The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa ; the peanut; the earthnut. A leguminous, twining plant , producing clusters of dark purple flowers and having a root tuberous and pleasant to the taste. The dwarf ginseng . Gray. A European plant of the genus
• SCHOOLSHIP
  A vessel employed as a nautical training school, in which naval apprentices receive their education at the expense of the state, and are trained for service as sailors. Also, a vessel used as a reform school to which boys are committed by the courts
• TRAINING
  The act of one who trains; the act or process of exercising, disciplining, etc.; education. Fan training , the operation of training fruit trees, grapevines, etc., so that the branches shall radiate from the stem like a fan. -- Horizontal training
• DISCIPLINER
  One who disciplines.
• TRAINABLE
  Capable of being trained or educated; as, boys trainable to virtue. Richardson.
• MISGROUND
  To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• STRAINABLE
  1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
  Wildcat insurance.
• PREINSTRUCT
  To instruct previously or beforehand. Dr. H. More.
• RESTRAINABLE
  Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne.
• PLAYGROUND
  A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
• PUBLIC SCHOOL
  In Great Britain, any of various schools maintained by the community, wholly or partly under public control, or maintained largely by endowment and not carried on chiefly for profit; specif., and commonly, any of various select and usually
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.
• DISTRAINER
  See DISTRAINOR
• HALF-STRAINED
  Half-bred; imperfect. "A half-strained villain." Dryden.