Verb

To change with a specific direction, progress.

(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.

* Owen

All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .

To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.

* Jowett (Thucyd)

We must develop our own resources to the utmost.

To create.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.

To bring out images latent in photographic film.

To acquire something usually over a period of time.

(chess) 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.

(math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

Verb

(originat)

To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.

*1998 , James Hebert, "Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'", San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jul 1998:

*:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.

*2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 171:

*:The financial backers who originated the Encyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}

To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).

The scheme originated with the governor and council.