4 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) 2.0 [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"
4: develop or evolve, especially 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}]
From eng-fra [engfra]:
derive
[diraiv]
dériver
provenir