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evolvement|ɪˈvɒlvmənt|
[f. evolve v. + -ment.]
The action of evolving, the condition of being evolved; evolution.
1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 168 India owes to its exertions..the evolvement of the products of a soil unrivalled for its richness. 1852Blackw. Mag. LXXI. 596 Eyes, heart, mind, all fixed on the wondrous..evolvement of the story. 1866Eng. Leader 22 Dec. 352 Jesus..showed that he aspired at an evolvement, and not..a revolution, though historically and philosophically it may be proved that the only real revolutions are evolvements. 1883T. Wright in 19th Cent. No. 72. 280, I am in a position to speak..not..from any process of evolvement from an inner consciousness but from personal knowledge.
b. concr. in pl. The displayed folds (of a banner).
1849J. Porter Scot. Chiefs (1854) 156 As its vast evolvements floated in the air, the cry of triumph..burst from every heart. |