Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language is regarded by many as the finest English
dictionary ever published. The dictionary is available in many forms. I made the content available here for my own purposes,
out of personal admiration for this particular dictionary.
DEVELOPMENT, n. 1. An unfolding; the discovering of something secret or withheld from the knowledge of others; disclosure; full exhibition. 2. The unraveling of a plot.