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Development
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) The elaboration of a theme or subject; the unfolding of a musical idea; the evolution of a whole piece or movement from a leading theme or motive.
(2):
(n.) The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
(3):
(n.) The act or process of changing or expanding an expression into another of equivalent value or meaning.
(4):
(n.) The equivalent expression into which another has been developed.
(5):
(n.) The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Development'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/development.html. 1828.
