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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)