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evolve
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?volv? (“unroll, unfold”), from ?- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volv? (“roll”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??v?lv/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v?lv/
- Hyphenation: e?volve
Verb
evolve (third-person singular simple present evolves, present participle evolving, simple past and past participle evolved)
- To move in regular procession through a system.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- The animal soul sooner expands and evolves it self to its full orb and extent than the humane Soul
- 1840, William Whewell, The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences
- The principles which art involves, science alone evolves.
- 1870, John Shairp, Culture and Religion
- Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above.
- 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature
- (intransitive) To change; transform.
- To come into being; develop.
- 1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime
- You will remove the pig, place it in the car, and drive it to my house in Wiltshire. That is the plan I have evolved.
- 1939, P. G. Wodehouse, Uncle Fred in the Springtime
- (biology) Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, p. 502:
- There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species, p. 502:
- (chemistry) To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction).
- (transitive) To cause something to change or transform.
Related terms
Translations
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?lve
Verb
evolve
- third-person singular present indicative of evolvere
Latin
Etymology
- (Classical) IPA(key): /e??u?ol.u?e/, [e??u????u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e?vol.ve/, [??v?lv?]
Verb
?volve
- second-person singular present active imperative of ?volv?
Portuguese
Verb
evolve
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of evolver
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of evolver
evolve From the web:
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separate
English
Etymology
Latin separatus, perfect passive participle of separare (“to separate”), from Latin s?- (“apart”) +? par? (“prepare”). Displaced Middle English scheden, from Old English sc?adan (whence English shed).
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /?s?p??t/, /?s?p???t/
- (verb) IPA(key): /?s?p??e?t/
- Hyphenation: sep?a?rate
Adjective
separate (not comparable)
- Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
- This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
- (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
- I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
Translations
Verb
separate (third-person singular simple present separates, present participle separating, simple past and past participle separated)
- (transitive) To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
- (transitive) To disunite from a group or mass; to disconnect.
- 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
- From the fine gold I separate the allay [alloy].
- Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
- 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
- (transitive) To cause (things or people) to be separate.
- (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
- (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
- Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Synonyms
- (divide into separate parts): partition, split; see also Thesaurus:divide
- (disunite something from one thing): See also Thesaurus:disjoin
- (cause to be separate): split up, tear apart
- (divide itself): break down, come apart, disintegrate, fall apart
- (select from among others): earmark, sepose; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Antonyms
- annex
- combine
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
separate (plural separates)
- (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially articles of clothing such as blouses, skirts, jackets, and pants.
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Usage notes
- The spelling is separate (-par-). seperate (-per-) is a common misspelling.
See also
- disunite
- disconnect
- divide
- split
- reduce
- subtract
Anagrams
- asperate
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
separate
- inflection of separat:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Verb
separate
- second-person plural indicative present of separare
- second-person plural imperative of separare
Latin
Verb
s?par?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of s?par?
References
- separate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- separate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- separate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
separate
- definite singular of separat
- plural of separat
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
separate
- definite singular of separat
- plural of separat
separate From the web:
- what separates the inner and outer planets
- what separates europe from asia
- what separates humans from animals
- what separates north and south korea
- what separates one watershed from another
- what separates the right and left ventricles
- what separates during anaphase 1
- what separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum
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