Develops vs. Developes — Which is Correct Spelling?

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Which is correct: Develops or Developes
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Develops Definitions
To bring from latency to or toward fulfillment
An instructor who develops the capabilities of each student.
To expand or enlarge
Developed a national corporation into a worldwide business.
To aid in the growth of; strengthen
Exercises that develop muscles.
To improve the quality of; refine
Develops his recipes to perfection.
An extra year of study to develop virtuosic technique.
To cause to become more complex or intricate; add detail and fullness to; elaborate
Began with a good premise but developed it without imagination.
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(Music) To elaborate (a theme) with rhythmic and harmonic variations.
To bring into being gradually
Develop a new cottage industry.
To set forth or clarify by degrees
Developed her thesis in a series of articles.
To come to have gradually; acquire
Develop a taste for opera.
Develop a friendship.
To become affected with; contract
Developed a rash.
Developed agoraphobia.
To influence the behavior of toward a specific end
An investigator who develops witnesses through flattery and intimidation.
To cause (a tract of land or a building) to serve a particular purpose
Developed the site as a community of condominiums.
To make available and effective to fulfill a particular end or need
Develop the state's water resources to serve a growing population.
To convert or transform
Developed the play into a movie.
(Games) To move (a chess piece) to or toward a more strategic position.
To process (a photosensitive medium such as exposed film) in order to produce a photographic image.
To produce (a photographic image) by use of a photosensitive medium or by printing from a digital file.
To grow by degrees into a more advanced or mature state
With hard work, she developed into a great writer.
To increase or expand
Sales developed until we needed a bigger warehouse.
To improve; advance
Their skill developed until it rivaled their teacher's.
To come gradually into existence or activity
Tension developed between students and faculty.
To come gradually to light; be disclosed
Reports the news as it develops.
To progress from earlier to later stages of a life cycle
Caterpillars develop into butterflies.
To progress from earlier to later stages of evolution
Mammals developed during the Mesozoic Era.
To acquire secondary sex characteristics. Used especially of a girl.
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