Part 3037

<hw>Dev`as*ta"vit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., he has wasted.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Devata</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De"va*ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind., fr. Skr. <ets>d<?/va</ets> god.]</ety> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>A deity; a divine being; a good spirit; an idol.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>dewata</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Deve</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Deve</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Deaf</er>.]</ety> <def>Deaf.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Develin</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>Dev"el*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European swift.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Develop</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*vel"op</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Developed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Developing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82veloper</ets>; <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + OF. <ets>voluper</ets>, <ets>voleper</ets>, to envelop, perh. from L. <ets>volup</ets> agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf. <er>Voluptuous</er>); or. perh. fr. a derivative of <ets>volvere</ets>, <ets>volutum</ets>, to roll (cf. <er>Devolve</er>). Cf. <er>Envelop</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>develope</asp>.]</altsp>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To free from that which infolds or envelops; to unfold; to lay open by degrees or in detail; to make visible or known; to disclose; to produce or give forth; <as>as, to <ex>develop</ex> theories; a motor that <ex>develops</ex> 100 horse power.</as></def>

<blockquote>These serve to <b>develop</b> its tenets. <i>Milner.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and <b>developing</b> the line of the enemy. <i>The Century.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To unfold gradually, as a flower from a bud; hence, to bring through a succession of states or stages, each of which is preparatory to the next; to form or expand by a process of growth; to cause to change gradually from an embryo, or a lower state, to a higher state or form of being; <as>as, sunshine and rain <ex>develop</ex> the bud into a flower; to <ex>develop</ex> the mind.</as></def>

<blockquote>The sound <b>developed</b> itself into a real compound. <i>J. Peile.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>All insects . . . acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully <b>developed</b>. <i>Owen.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase; to promote the growth of.</def>

<blockquote>We must <b>develop</b> our own resources to the utmost. <i>Jowett (Thucyd).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>To change the form of, as of an algebraic expression, by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Photog.)</fld> <def>To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view.</def>

<cs><col>To develop a curved surface on a place</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open; disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.</syn>

<h1>Develop</h1> <Xpage=402>

<hw>De*vel"op</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly organized state; to advance from a simpler form of existence to one more complex either in structure or function; <as>as, a blossom <ex>develops</ex> from a bud; the seed <ex>develops</ex> into a plant; the embryo <ex>develops</ex> into a well-formed animal; the mind <ex>develops</ex> year by year.</as></def>

<blockquote>Nor poets enough to understand That life <b>develops</b> from within. <i>Mrs. Browning.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To become apparent gradually; <as>as, a picture on sensitive paper <ex>develops</ex> on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators <ex>develop</ex>.</as></def>