derivementt (derivment)

[ I offer these derivements from these subjects, to raise our affections upward. W. Montague, Devoute E ays, II. iv. 4. deriver (dē-river), n. 1. One who derives or deduces from a source. - 2. One who diverts a thing from its natural course to or upon something else. [Rare.] Such a one makes a man not only a partaker of other men's sins, but also a deriver of the whole entire guilt of them to himself. South , Sermons, II. 6. derivativene (de-riv'a-tiv-nes), n. The state of being derivative. Imp . Dict. derive (de-riv'), v .; pret. and pp. derived , ppr. deriving . [ deriver , F. dé- river = Sp. Pg. derivar = It. derivare = G. de- riviren = Dan. derivere = Sw. deriver a , de- derm (dérm), n. [ derma , q. v.] rivare , lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive (one word from another, in last sense for earlier ducere ), de , away, + rivus , a stream: see rival.] I. trans. 11. To turn aside or divert, as water or other fluid, from its natural course or channel: as, to derive water from the main channel or current into lateral rivulets. derkt, a . , n., and v. An obsolete form of dark1 . Chaucer . derlingt, n. A Middle English form of darling . Same The solemn and right manner of deriving the water. Holland , tr. of Livy, p. 190. The whole pond is very great; but that part of it which is derived towards this font is but little. Coryat, Crudities, I. 36. 2t. Figuratively, to turn aside; divert. And her dew loves deryv'd to that vile witches shayre. Spenser, F. Q., I. iii. 2. That saving grace which Christ originally is or hath for the general good of his whole Church, by sacraments he severally deriveth into every member thereof. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, v. 57. The Siamites are the sinke of the Easterne Superstitions, which they deriue to many Nations. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 460. If we take care that the sickne of the body derive not tience of the other, we shall alleviate the burden. itself into the soul, nor the pains of one procure impaJer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 332. 3. To draw or receive, as from a source or origin, or by regular transmi ion: as, to derive ideas from the senses; to derive instruction from a book; his estate is derived from his ancestors. For by my mother I derived am From Lionel duke of Clarence. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 5. Elizabeth clearly discerned the advantages which were to be derived from a close connection between the monarchy and the priesthood. Macaulay , Hallam's Const. Hist. It is from Rome and Germany that we derive our domestic law. W. E. Hearn , Aryan Household, p. 186. Specifically-4. To draw or receive (a word) from a more original root or stem: as, the word 'rule' is derived from the Latin; 'feed' is de rived from 'food.' See derivation, 3.-5. To deduce, as from premises; trace, as from a source or origin: involving a personal subject. A sound mind will derive its principles from insight. Emerson, Society and Solitude. These men derive all religion from myths. Dawson, Nature and the Bible, p. 202. I should be much obliged if any of your readers could help me in deriving the name of the village of All on ley, in Cumber land. N. and Q., 6th ser., IX. 207. 6. To communicate or transfer from one to another, as by descent. [Rare.] His [Bathurst's] learning, and untainted manners, too, We find, A then i ans, are derived to you. Dryden, Epilogue spoken at Oxford, 1. 22. Our language has received innumerable elegancies and improvements from that infusion of Hebraisms which are derived to it out of the pa ages of Holy Writ. Add is on . The plaintiff could not prove the place in question to be within his patent, nor could derive a good title of the patent itself to Mr. Rigby. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 314. An excellent disposition is derived to your lordship from the parents of two generations. Felton . IMG:content-2431.png:[blocks in formation] as derma. derma (der'mä), n. [NL., Also derm , dermis . dermad (der'mad), adv. [ mal.