evolver
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Noun
evolver (plural evolvers)
- Someone or something that evolves.
- 1983, Alan Hayward, God's truth, page 254:
- This animal may be a fast runner, but it has been a dreadfully slow evolver.
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Portuguese
Etymology
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Possibly a learned borrowing from Latin ēvolvere. Doublet of evoluir.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [e.voʊ̯ˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /e.vowˈve(ɾ)/ [e.voʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /e.vowˈve(ʁ)/ [e.voʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /e.vowˈve(ɻ)/ [e.voʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.volˈveɾ/ [i.voɫˈveɾ], /i.vɔlˈveɾ/ [i.vɔɫˈveɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.bolˈbeɾ/ [i.βoɫˈβeɾ], /i.bɔlˈbeɾ/ [i.βɔɫˈβeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /i.volˈve.ɾi/ [i.voɫˈve.ɾi], /i.vɔlˈve.ɾi/ [i.vɔɫˈve.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: e‧vol‧ver
Verb
evolver (first-person singular present evolvo, first-person singular preterite evolvi, past participle evolvido)
- (intransitive) to evolve
- Synonyms: evolucionar, evoluir
Conjugation
Conjugation of evolver (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
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Further reading
- “evolver”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “evolver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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