1. v. develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state (view details)
2. v. come from (view details)
3. v. reason by deduction (view details)
4. v. obtain (view details)
5. v. come from (view details)

Meaning 1: (verb) develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state
Synonym(s): educe ( what does educe stand for? )
derive is derived from: derivation ( what does derivation stand for? )

Meaning 2: (verb) come from
Usage Example(s): The present name derives from an older form
derive is derived from: derivation, deriving ( what does deriving stand for? ), etymologizing ( what does etymologizing stand for? )

Meaning 3: (verb) reason by deduction, establish by deduction
Synonym(s): deduce ( what does deduce stand for? ), deduct ( what does deduct stand for? ), infer ( what does infer stand for? )
derive is derived from: deduction ( what does deduction stand for? ), deductive reasoning ( what does deductive reasoning stand for? ), derivation, illation ( what does illation stand for? ), inference ( what does inference stand for? ), synthesis ( what does synthesis stand for? )

Meaning 4: (verb) obtain
Usage Example(s): derive pleasure from one’’s garden
Synonym(s): gain ( what does gain stand for? )

Meaning 5: (verb) come from, be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
Usage Example(s): She was descended from an old Italian noble family, he comes from humble origins
Synonym(s): come ( what does come stand for? ), descend ( what does descend stand for? )
derive is derived from: ancestry ( what does ancestry stand for? ), blood ( what does blood stand for? ), blood line ( what does blood line stand for? ), bloodline ( what does bloodline stand for? ), derivation, descendant ( what does descendant stand for? ), descendent ( what does descendent stand for? ), descent ( what does descent stand for? ), filiation ( what does filiation stand for? ), line ( what does line stand for? ), line of descent ( what does line of descent stand for? ), lineage ( what does lineage stand for? ), origin ( what does origin stand for? ), parentage ( what does parentage stand for? ), pedigree ( what does pedigree stand for? ), stemma ( what does stemma stand for? ), stock ( what does stock stand for? )

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