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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.]
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For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they
[the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland.
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Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.
--Spenser.
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Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer.
Taylor.
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2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by
descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; --
followed by from.
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3. To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to
recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from
the Anglo-Saxon.
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From these two causes . . . an ancient set of
physicians derived all diseases. --Arbuthnot.
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4. (Chem.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or
theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid
from its corresponding hydrocarbon.

Syn: To trace; deduce; infer.
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