Definition of derives in English

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Verb derives, deriving, derived
derive - 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"
		come, descend
derive - come from; "The present name derives from an older form"
		evolve undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago"
derive - develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
		educe
		create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
		etymologise, etymologize construct the history of words
derive - obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
		gain
		obtain come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"
		reap, draw gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"
derive - reason by deduction; establish by deduction
		deduce, infer, deduct
		reason out, reason, conclude think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
		logical system, system of logic, logic reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
		extrapolate gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
		surmise infer from incomplete evidence
		elicit derive by reason; "elicit a solution"

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derive (v. t.)
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.
derive (v. t.)
To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
derive (v. t.)
To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
derive (v. t.)
To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
derive (v. i.)
To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.

derive
de-rīv′, v.t. to draw from, as water from a river; to take or receive from a source or origin: to infer: (ety.) to trace a word to its root.—adj. Derīv′able.—adv. Derīv′ably.—adj. Der′ivate, derived.—n. a derivative.—n. Derivā′tion, act of deriving: a drawing off or from: the tracing of a word to its original root: that which is derived: descent or evolution of man or animals.—adj. Derivā′tional.—n. Derivā′tionist.—adj. Deriv′ative, derived or taken from something else: not radical or original.—n. that which is derived: a word formed from another word.—adv. Deriv′atively. [O. Fr. deriver—L. derivāre—de, down from, rivus, a river.]