derive
VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (5)derives, derived, deriving
- reason by deduction; establish by deductionSynonyms: deduceinferdeductMore general reason, reason outMore specific surmise, extrapolate, elicit
- obtain“derive pleasure from one's garden”Synonyms: gainMore general obtainMore specific reap, draw
- obtain from a particular source“The present name derives from an older form”More general evolveSimilar come, descend
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential stateSynonyms: educeMore general make, createMore specific etymologize, etymologise
- 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: comedescendMore general relateSimilar hail
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Translations
Verb obtain from something else
Verb to originate from, be derived
- Spanish
- derivar
- German
- abstammen
- Portuguese
- derivar
- Turkish
- türemek
- Russian
- происходи́ть proisxodítʹ
- Arabic
- اشتق ištaqqa
- Swedish
- härröra
- Portuguese (PT)
- derivar
- Catalan
- derivar
- Esperanto
- deveni
1 more language
- Finnish
- juontua
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. dériver, 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. obsolete
For fear it [water] choke up the pits... they [the workman] derive it by other drains.— Philemon Holland
Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.— Edmund Spenser
Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah.— Taylor, Jeremy
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.— John Arbuthnot
4. Chemistry To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
Synonyms: To trace; deduce; infer.
To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. William Shakespeare
Power from heaven Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed.— Matthew Prior
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54