Derive

Definition:

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

Compare derive with other words:

deride vs. derive

calculate vs. derive

cite vs. derive

derive vs. devise

deprive vs. derive

derive vs. yah

derive vs. extract

derive vs. evolved

derive vs. malamide

derive vs. mercurammonium

derivably vs. derive

derive vs. potassoxyl

derivational vs. derive

come vs. derive

derive vs. flaneur

derive vs. derived

derive vs. emanate

derive vs. from

derive vs. produce

compile vs. derive

bond vs. derive

derive vs. drive

conclude vs. derive

copy vs. derive

arrive vs. derive

borrow vs. derive

denote vs. derive

derive vs. deriver

derivate vs. derive

derisive vs. derive

derive vs. got

contrive vs. derive

acquire vs. derive

autogamy vs. derive

derive vs. romance

derive vs. subclass

derive vs. paronym

derive vs. eat

derive vs. xylyl

derive vs. elicit

derive vs. leech

derive vs. root

derivative vs. derive

derive vs. divert

derive vs. originate

derive vs. stem

derive vs. reaction

compound vs. derive

create vs. derive

derive vs. phrase

derive vs. word

derive vs. reasoning

derivation vs. derive

deduce vs. derive

conclusion vs. derive

derive vs. receive

derive vs. obtain

derive vs. empirical