Derive /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Derived; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriving

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.]

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

   Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.

   Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah.

2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
3. To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.

   From these two causes . . . an ancient set of physicians derived all diseases.

4. To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon. (Chem.)

1. To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.

   Power from heaven Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed.