Derive

de-rīv′, v.t. to draw from, as water from a river; to take or receive from a source or origin: to infer: ( ety. ) to trace a word to its root.— adj. Derīv′able .— adv. Derīv′ably .— adj. Der′ivate , derived.— n. a derivative.— n. Derivā′tion , act of deriving: a drawing off or from: the tracing of a word to its original root: that which is derived: descent or evolution of man or animals.— adj. Derivā′tional .— n. Derivā′tionist .— adj. Deriv′ative , derived or taken from something else: not radical or original.— n. that which is derived: a word formed from another word.— adv. Deriv′atively . [O. Fr. deriver —L. derivāre — de , down from, rivus , a river.]