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Derive

Derive Meaning & Definition
Derive Definition And Meaning

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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