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▪ I. evolving, vbl. n.|ɪˈvɒlvɪŋ|
[f. evolve + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. evolve; an instance of the same. Also attrib.
1831Faraday Exp. Res. xlvii. 333 This evolving and involving motion continues. 1890Athenæum 8 Feb. 184/2 He by himself planned everything, and gods, men, and things came into existence from his evolvings.
▪ II. eˈvolving, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That evolves; in quots. intr.
a. Opening.
b. issuing forth, emitted.
c1720Prior Solomon iii. Poems 1723 I. 187 Ambrosial Odor..Does round the Air evolving Scents diffuse. 1773J. Ross Fratricide (MS.) v. 800 Thou shalt quit Thy earthy prison, and evolving Heaven Shall snatch thee.
2. That is in process of evolution.
1862H. Spencer First Princ. ii. xix. §149 (1875) 401 The genesis of the re-arrangement undergone by every evolving aggregate, is in itself one. 1883H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spir. W. (ed. 8) 244 The evolving batrachian. 1888Pall Mall G. 21 Sept. 3/1 This evolving town council was a purely native growth. |