'Derive' definitions:
Definition of 'derive'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Derive'
From: GCIDE
- Derive \De*rive"\, v. i. To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Power from heaven Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Derive'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they [the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon. [1913 Webster]
- From these two causes . . . an ancient set of physicians derived all diseases. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'derive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accept,
- acquire,
- admit,
- arouse,
- arrive at,
- assume,
- bag,
- be seized of,
- bring forth,
- bring out,
- bring to light,
- call forth,
- call out,
- call up,
- capture,
- catch,
- collect,
- come by,
- come in for,
- come into,
- conclude,
- contract,
- corral,
- cull,
- deduce,
- derive from,
- develop,
- drag down,
- drag out,
- draw,
- draw a conclusion,
- draw an inference,
- draw forth,
- draw from,
- draw out,
- earn,
- educe,
- elaborate,
- elicit,
- emanate from,
- enter into possession,
- evoke,
- evolve,
- excogitate,
- extract,
- fetch,
- find,
- flow from,
- formulate,
- gain,
- gather,
- get,
- get from,
- get out of,
- glean,
- harvest,
- have,
- have coming in,
- induce,
- infer,
- issue from,
- judge,
- make,
- net,
- obtain,
- proceed from,
- procure,
- pull down,
- put,
- reach,
- reap,
- reason,
- reason that,
- receive,
- rouse,
- sack,
- score,
- secure,
- spring from,
- stem from,
- stimulate,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- take,
- take as proved,
- take in,
- take on,
- take over,
- wangle,
- wangle out of,
- win,
- winkle out,
- winnow,
- worm out,
- worm out of