Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Evolve

Evolve , transitive verb

[Latin evolvere, evolutum; e out + volvere to roll. See Voluble.]

1.
To unfold or unroll; to open and expand; to disentangle and exhibit clearly and satisfactorily; to develop; to derive; to educe.
The animal soul sooner evolves itself to its full orb and extent than the human soul. — Sir. M. Hale
The principles which art involves, science alone evolves. — Whewell
Not by any power evolved from man's own resources, but by a power which descended from above. — J. C. Shairp
2.
To throw out; to emit; as, to evolve odors.

Evolve , intransitive verb

To become open, disclosed, or developed; to pass through a process of evolution. — Prior