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develop
English
Alternative forms
- develope (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from French développer, from Middle French desveloper, from Old French desveloper, from des- + voloper, veloper, vloper (“to wrap, wrap up”) (compare Italian -viluppare, Old Italian alternative form goluppare (“to wrap”)) from Vulgar Latin *vlopp?, *wlopp? (“to wrap”) ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrappan?, *wlappan? (“to wrap, roll up, turn, wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, bend”) [1]. Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”) (Modern English lap (“to wrap, involve, fold”)), Middle English wrappen (“to wrap”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up, embrace”), dialectal Danish vravle (“to wind, twist”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch, distort”), Old English wearp (“warp”). The word acquired its modern meaning from the 17th-century belief that an egg contains the animal in miniature and matures by growing larger and shedding its envelopes.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??v?l.?p/
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /?d?v.l?p/, /d??v?.l?p/
- Rhymes: -?l?p
Verb
develop (third-person singular simple present develops, present participle developing, simple past and past participle developed or (archaic, rare) developt)
- (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
- (transitive, intransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.
- 1868-1869, Robert Owen, Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Vertebrates
- All insects […] acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed.
- 1868-1869, Robert Owen, Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Vertebrates
- (transitive) To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides
- We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
- 1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides
- (transitive) To create.
- (transitive) To bring out images latent in photographic film.
- (transitive) To acquire something usually over a period of time.
- (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
- (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
- (mathematics) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
Usage notes
- Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.
Derived terms
- co-develop, codevelop
Related terms
- developing
- development
Translations
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mend
English
Etymology
From Middle English menden, by apheresis for amenden (“to amend”); see amend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
mend (plural mends)
- A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
- The act of repairing.
Derived terms
- on the mend
Translations
Verb
mend (third-person singular simple present mends, present participle mending, simple past and past participle mended)
- (transitive) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement.
- (transitive) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
- 1685, William Temple, Of Gardens
- 1685, William Temple, Of Gardens
- (transitive) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
- (intransitive) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.
Derived terms
- least said, soonest mended
- mend one's pace
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:repair
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- mend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- mend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- mend at OneLook Dictionary Search
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?nt/
Noun
mend
- genitive plural of menda
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