evolvementn.
/ᵻˈvɒlvm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈvɔlvm(ə)nt/, /iˈvɔlvm(ə)nt/, /əˈvɑlvm(ə)nt/, /iˈvɑlvm(ə)nt/ 1. Evolution (in various senses), development.
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the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > gradual change > [noun]
devolution1629
induction1638
graduality1646
development1756
evolution1796
transition1800
evolvement1801
shading-off1858
transitioning1955
the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > [noun] > by bringing out what is potential
evolutiona1676
development1724
evolvement1854
1801 S. T. Coleridge Let. 16 Mar. (1956) II. 706 I shall be able to evolve all the five senses..& in this evolvement to solve the process of Life & Consciousness.
1818 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 108 189 When the exhaustion was increased, the evolvement [of carbonic gas] was so rapid that it became necessary to work the pump very slowly.
1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 71 596 Eyes, heart, mind, all fixed on the wondrous..evolvement of the story.
1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 168 India owes to its exertions..the evolvement of the products of a soil unrivalled for its richness.
1927 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 14 87 The gradual evolvement of the British commonwealth of nations, a transformation still in process.
1967 Arch. Neurol. (Chicago) 16 141/2 The CNS is the most dynamic organ of the body in its continuing, structural-functional evolvement.
1990 Kindred Spirit Summer 54/1 (advt.) Retired male..on path of emotional, spiritual evolvement.
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the world > space > extension in space > [noun] > unfurling or unfolding > the displayed folds of something
evolvement1810
society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > banner > folds of banner
evolvement1810
1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs II. vi. 123 As the vast evolvements floated on the air, the cry of triumph, the loud clarion of victory, burst from every heart, horn, and trumpet below.
1856 W. L. Barre Life & Public Services Millard Fillmore ix. 316 The whole subject of slavery began to roll its dark evolvements thick about the political sky.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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