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    de·rive
    [dəˈrīv]
    verb
    derived (past tense) · derived (past participle)
    1. obtain something from (a specified source):
      "they derived great comfort from this assurance"
      • (derive something from)
        base a concept on a logical extension or modification of (another concept):
        "Eliot derived his poetics from the French Symbolists"
      • (derive from)
        (of a word) have (a specified word, usually of another language) as a root or origin:
        "the word “punch” derives from the Hindustani “pancha”" · "the word “man” is derived from the Sanskrit “manu.”"
      • (derive from)
        arise from or originate in (a specified source):
        "words whose spelling derives from Dr. Johnson's incorrect etymology"
      • linguistics
        (be derived from)
        (of an expression in a natural language) be linked by a set of stages to (its underlying abstract form).
      • (be derived from)
        (of a substance) be formed or prepared by (a chemical or physical process affecting another substance):
        "strong acids are derived from the combustion of fossil fuels"
      • mathematics
        obtain (a function or equation) from another by a sequence of logical steps, for example by differentiation:
        "the volume fraction of the soil can then be derived as a function of L"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘draw a fluid through or into a channel’): from Old French deriver or Latin derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.
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    If you say that something such as a word or feeling derives or is derived from something else, you mean that it comes from that thing. Anna's strength is derived from her parents and her sisters. [ be VERB -ed + from ]

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