Derive

[dɪ'raɪv]

Definition

(verb.) develop or evolve from a latent or potential state.

(verb.) come from; 'The present name derives from an older form'.

(verb.) obtain; 'derive pleasure from one's garden'.

(verb.) 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'.

Edited by Georgina--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.

(v. t.) To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.

(v. t.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.

(v. i.) To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.

Checker: Sinclair

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Draw, receive, obtain, get.[2]. Deduce, trace.

Typed by Ann

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Deduce, trace, follow, track, draw, resolve

ANT:Misdeduce, misattribute, mistrace

Typed by Enid

Definition

v.t. to draw from as water from a river; to take or receive from a source or origin: to infer: (ety.) to trace a word to its root.—adj. Derīv′able.—adv. Derīv′ably.—adj. Der′ivate derived.—n. a derivative.—n. Derivā′tion act of deriving: a drawing off or from: the tracing of a word to its original root: that which is derived: descent or evolution of man or animals.—adj. Derivā′tional.—n. Derivā′tionist.—adj. Deriv′ative derived or taken from something else: not radical or original.—n. that which is derived: a word formed from another word.—adv. Deriv′atively.

Typist: Mag

Examples

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