derive

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   come from

   The present name derives from an older form

2. 2
   verb

   obtain

   derive pleasure from one's garden

3. 3
   verb

   To obtain or receive (something) from something else.

   Reading books is the best way to derive knowledge.

4. 4
   verb

   To originate or stem (from).

   Her excellent organisation skills derive from her time as a secretary in the army.

5. 5
   verb

   To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.

   For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.

6. 6
   verb

   develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

7. 7
   verb

   reason by deduction

8. 8
   verb

   To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.

Etymology

From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvō (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from dē (“away”) + rīvus (“a stream”); see rival. Unrelated to arrive.