Akademik

To process an exposed photographic or radiographic film in order to turn the latent image into a permanent one. [O.Fr. desveloper, to unwrap, fr. voloper, to wrap]

de·vel·op di-'vel-əp vt

1 a) to make active or promote the growth of <\developed their muscles by weight lifting>

b) to cause to grow and differentiate along lines natural to its kind <the zygote is gradually \developed into the adult plant or animal>

2) to become infected or affected by <\developed pneumonia> vi

1) to go through a process of natural growth, differentiation, or evolution by successive stages <the fever \develops normally> <the embryo \develops into a well-formed human being>

2) to acquire secondary sex characteristics <she is \developing rapidly for a girl of 12>