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   derive

   /dɪˈrʌɪv/

   verb

   • 1. obtain something from (a specified source): "they derived great comfort from this assurance" Similar obtaingettakegainacquireprocureextractattainglean
   • ▪ base a concept on an extension or modification of (another concept): "some maintain that he derived the idea of civil disobedience from Thoreau"
   • ▪ (of a word) have (a specified word, usually of another language) as a root or origin: "the word ‘punch’ derives from the Hindustani ‘pancha’" Similar originate inhave its origins inhave as a sourcearise instemdescendspringbe takenbe gotOpposite give rise to
   • ▪ arise from or originate in (a specified source): "words whose spelling derives from Dr Johnson's incorrect etymology" Similar originate inhave its origin inbe rooted inbe traceable tostemproceedflowpourspringemanateissueensuedescendcome
   • ▪ (of a sentence in a natural language) be linked by a set of stages to (its underlying logical form).
   • ▪ (of a substance) be formed or prepared by (a chemical or physical process affecting another substance): "strong acids are derived from the combustion of fossil fuels"
   • ▪ obtain (a function or equation) from another by a sequence of logical steps, for example by differentiation: "the volume fraction of the soil can then be derived as a function of L"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘draw a fluid through or into a channel’): from Old French deriver or Latin derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. derivable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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