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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Derive \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Derive \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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: derive v 1: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: {deduce}, {infer}, {deduct}] 2: obtain: "derive pleasure from one's garden" [syn: {gain}] 3: come from "The present name derives from an older form" [syn: {come}] 4: cause to develop or evolve, esp. from a latent or potential state [syn: {educe}] 5: 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" [syn: {come}, {descend}]
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