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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Develop \De*vel"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Developed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Developing}.] [F. d['e]veloper; d['e]- (L. dis-) +
   OF. voluper, voleper, to envelop, perh. from L. volup
   agreeably, delightfully, and hence orig., to make agreeable
   or comfortable by enveloping, to keep snug (cf.
   {Voluptuous}); or. perh. fr. a derivative of volvere,
   volutum, to roll (cf. {Devolve}). Cf. {Envelop}.] [Written
   also {develope}.]
   1. 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, to
      develop theories; a motor that develops 100 horse power.

            These serve to develop its tenets.    --Milner.

            The 20th was spent in strengthening our position and
            developing the line of the enemy.     --The Century.

   2. 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, sunshine and rain develop the bud into a
      flower; to develop the mind.

            The sound developed itself into a real compound.
                                                  --J. Peile.

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

   3. To advance; to further; to prefect; to make to increase;
      to promote the growth of.

            We must develop our own resources to the utmost.
                                                  --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd).

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

   5. (Photog.) To cause to become visible, as an invisible or
      latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical
      agents; to bring to view.

   {To develop a curved surface on a plane} (Geom.), to produce
      on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the
      curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch
      the plane.

   Syn: To uncover; unfold; evolve; promote; project; lay open;
        disclose; exhibit; unravel; disentangle.

資料來源 : WordNet®

developing
     adj 1: relating to societies in which capital needed to
            industrialize is in short supply [syn: {underdeveloped}]
     2: gradually unfolding or growing (especially as of something
        latent); "his developing social conscience"; "after the
        long winter they took joy in the developing warmth of
        spring"
     3: making or becoming visible through or as if through the
        action of a chemical agent; "he watched as the developing
        photograph became clearer and sharper"
     n : processing a photosensitive material in order to make an
         image visible; "the development and printing of his
         pictures took only two hours" [syn: {development}]