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DERIVE

\dɪɹˈa͡ɪv], \dɪɹˈa‍ɪv], \d_ɪ_ɹ_ˈaɪ_v]\

Definitions of DERIVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.
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.
To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; - followed by from.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.
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.
To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; - followed by from.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Derivable.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To draw from, as water from a river: to take or receive from a source or origin: to infer: (stym.) to trace a word to its root.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To draw from; receive from a source; deduce; trace a word to its origin.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To draw, as from a source; deduce, as a conclusion; trace the derivation of.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To receive by regular transmission or conveyance; to receive as from a source; to trace from a root; to deduce from a cause or origin; to deduce or draw.
To come or proceed from.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To draw from, as from a regular course or channel; to receive, as from a source or origin; to deduce as from a root or primitive word; to trace.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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