derive Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb reason by deduction; establish by deduction
deduce; deduct; infer.
verb obtain
gain.
- derive pleasure from one's garden
verb come from
- The present name derives from an older form
verb develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
educe.
verb come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
come; descend.
- She was descended from an old Italian noble family
- he comes from humble origins

F. dériver, L. derivare; de- + rivus stream, brook. See Rival.

imperfect & past participle Derived ; present participle & verbal noun Deriving

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.
To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
From these two causes . . . an ancient set of physicians derived all diseases. Arbuthnot.
(Chem.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon. Syn. -- To trace; deduce; infer.

To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. Shak.
Power from heaven Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed. Prior.