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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

unfold

Examples

//Her company has evolved from a hobby into a thriving business.
//Some flowers have evolved remarkable means of insect pollination.

First Known Use

1772, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology

borrowed from Latin ēvolvere "to roll out or away, unwind, unroll, narrate (a series of events)," from ē-, variant of ex- ex- entry 1 before voiced consonants + unfold

Examples

//Her company has evolved from a hobby into a thriving business.
//Some flowers have evolved remarkable means of insect pollination.

First Known Use

1772, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

History and Etymology

borrowed from Latin ēvolvere "to roll out or away, unwind, unroll, narrate (a series of events)," from ē-, variant of ex- ex- entry 1 before voiced consonants +