S: (v) evolve (undergo development or evolution) "Modern man evolved a long time ago"
S: (v) develop, acquire, evolve (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"
S: (v) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)) "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
W: (v) formulate (come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort) "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
W: (v) formulate (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses) "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
W: (v) formulate (put into words or an expression) "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
S: (v) develop (generate gradually) "We must develop more potential customers"; "develop a market for the new mobile phone"
S: (v) develop (elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme) "develop the melody and change the key"