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Antonyms for evolved

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ih-volv
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈvɒlv

Definition of evolved

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 :
  • But by what process a "vital unit" can be evolved, he does not condescend to tell us.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • He insists, however, that they have been "evolved" from something, or by some unknown process.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • If we have evolved the wrong women and men, then any reform of marriage is vain.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Then, from the ungainly hoyden had been evolved this charming, delicate and lovely creature.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • He evolved a motor cycle with which he broke all records for speed over the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • "You have evolved all this from your own spiritual pride and self-sufficiency," said he, hotly.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • But it was by no means a farce in the vast influences which it evolved.
  • Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
  • These spheres, thinking creatures, could not have evolved overnight.
  • Extract from : « The Whispering Spheres » by Russell Robert Winterbotham
  • From the "places of note," he has evolved some of the most delicate of harmonies.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 » by Various
  • And then the three between them evolved the intricate and subtle details of the crime.
  • Extract from : « A Master of Mysteries » by L. T. Meade

Synonyms for evolved

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