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derive

verb

  1. to take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source
  2. (chemistry) to obtain (a chemical substance) actually or theoretically from a parent substance
  3. to infer, deduce
  4. (archaic) to bring
  5. to trace the derivation of
  6. to have or take origin : come as a derivative
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Pronunciation: /dɪˈɹaɪv/

verb

Etymology: From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvō (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from dē (“away”) + rīvus (“a stream”); see rival. Unrelated to arrive.

  1. To obtain or receive (something) from something else.

    Reading books is the best way to derive knowledge.

    Bob the aforesaid, and his present chances of deriving a competent independence from the honourable profession to which he had devoted himself.

  2. To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
  3. To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
  4. To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
  5. To originate or stem (from).

    Her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army.

    Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.

  6. To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.

    For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.

  7. To differentiate (a function).