evolve
verb (used with object)
to develop gradually.
self-evolved
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a word derived from
evolve.
Example Sentences
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Shall we accept the august Testimony of the whole body of the Fathers? or shall we prefer to be guided by the self-evolved imaginations of one who confessedly has nothing to offer but conjecture?
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
But through all his self-evolved indignation Philip could not disguise from himself that he had acted like a lunatic, had, in fact, given himself away.
From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford
Our civilization is mainly self-evolved; a natural growth developing by normal, logical, and relatively gradual stages.
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
Here is the most famous Critic of antiquity estimating the genuineness of a clause in the Gospel, not by the amount of external attestation which it enjoys, but by his own self-evolved fancies concerning it.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
His reasons for action were in most cases self-evolved and entirely self-regulated.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
