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Derive

//dɪˈɹaɪv// verb

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

    "Reading books is the best way to derive knowledge."

  2. 2
    develop or evolve from a latent or potential state wordnet
  3. 3
    To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning. transitive
  4. 4
    obtain from a particular source wordnet
  5. 5
    To find the derivation of (a word or phrase). transitive
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  1. 6
    reason by deduction; establish by deduction wordnet
  2. 7
    To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction. transitive
  3. 8
    obtain wordnet
  4. 9
    To originate or stem (from). intransitive

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

  5. 10
    come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example wordnet
  6. 11
    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. 12
    To differentiate (a function). proscribed, transitive

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.

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