Antonyms for evolving

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ih-volv

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈvɒlv

Definition of evolving

Origin : 1640s, "to unfold, open out, expand," from Latin evolvere "to unroll," especially of books; figuratively "to make clear, disclose; to produce, develop," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + volvere "to roll" (see volvox). Meaning "to develop by natural processes to a higher state" is from 1832. Related: Evolved; evolving.

verb develop, progress

Example sentences :

Nature has provided for this by evolving the instinct of docility.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

We are evolving, in ways that Science cannot measure, to ends that Theology dares not contemplate.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

The State indeed was dissolving, but the individual was evolving.
Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis

It is an evolving conception in a constantly changing universe.
Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks

If this earth is evolving for the better, the past is still vivid in all its cruelty.
Extract from : « The Necessity of Atheism » by Dr. D.M. Brooks

The evolving once more of the great spontaneous gestures of life.
Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

Are new species now evolving, as they have been from time to time evolved?
Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart

For these children are evolving from the stage where they need “Here and Now” stories.
Extract from : « Here and Now Story Book » by Lucy Sprague Mitchell

And so the marvels of Nature go on evolving,—wheels within wheels.
Extract from : « The Log of the Sun » by William Beebe

But she struck out boldly with the scheme that she had been evolving.
Extract from : « That Fortune » by Charles Dudley Warner

Synonyms for evolving

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