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| de·rive [ di rv ] (past and past participle de·rived, present participle de·riv·ing, 3rd person present singular de·rives) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb get or come from something: to obtain something from a source, or come from a source
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2. transitive verb logic deduce something: to reach a conclusion about something by reasoning
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3. intransitive verb linguistics come from source: to develop from another word or a source word or term
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4. transitive verb linguistics form one word from another: form a word or term from another, or state that a word or term developed from another
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5. transitive verb chemistry make compound: to create a chemical substance from another
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6. transitive verb mathematics obtain function: to obtain a function by differentiation
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< Latin derivare "draw off water through a channel" < rivus "stream"] |
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  de·riv·a·ble adjective |
| de·riv·er noun |
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