evolve

Verb

• gain through experience
  • I acquired a strong aversion to television
    
  • Children must develop a sense of right and wrong
    
  • Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position
    
  • develop a passion for painting
    

• undergo development or evolution
  • Modern man evolved a long time ago
    

• work out
  • We have developed a new theory of evolution
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  develop , acquire , germinate