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Derive Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Derive?
[v] develop or evolve, esp. from a latent or potential state
[v] come from; "The present name derives from an older form" [v] reason by deduction; establish by deduction [v] obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden" [v] come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" Synonyms | Synonyms for Derive: come | deduce | deduct | descend | educe | gain | infer Related Terms | Find terms related to Derive: accept | acquire | admit | arouse | arrive at | assume | bag | be seized of | bring forth | bring out | bring to light | call forth | call out | call up | capture | catch | collect | come by | come in for | come into | conclude | contract | corral | cull | deduce | derive from | develop | drag down | drag out | draw | draw a conclusion | draw an inference | draw forth | draw from | draw out | earn | educe | elaborate | elicit | emanate from | enter into possession | evoke | evolve | excogitate | extract | fetch | find | flow from | formulate | gain | gather | get | get from | get out of | glean | harvest | have | have coming in | induce | infer | issue from | judge | make | net | obtain | proceed from | procure | pull down | put | reach | reap | reason | reason that | receive | rouse | sack | score | secure | spring from | stem from | stimulate | summon forth | summon up | take | take as proved | take in | take on | take over | wangle | wangle out of | win | winkle out | winnow | worm out | worm out of See Also | carry back | conclude | create | draw | elicit | etymologise | etymologize | evolve | extrapolate | make | obtain | reap | reason | reason out | surmise Derive In Webster's Dictionary \De*rive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derived}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Deriving}.] [F. d['e]river, L. derivare; de- + rivus
stream, brook. See {Rival}.]
1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute
into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to
transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.]
For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they
[the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland.
Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.
--Spenser.
Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer.
Taylor.
2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by
descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; --
followed by from.
3. To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to
recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from
the Anglo-Saxon.
From these two causes . . . an ancient set of
physicians derived all diseases. --Arbuthnot.
4. (Chem.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or
theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid
from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
Syn: To trace; deduce; infer.
\De*rive"\, v. i. To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. --Shak. Power from heaven Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed. --Prior. |
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