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deriving
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Derive \De*rive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derived; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriving.] [F. d['e]river, L. derivare; de- + rivus stream, brook. See Rival.]
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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.
--Holland.Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.
--Spenser.Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah.
--Jer. Taylor. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
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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.
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(Chem.) To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
Syn: To trace; deduce; infer.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of derive English)
WordNet
n. (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase [syn: derivation, etymologizing]
Usage examples of "deriving".
By positing the point as the unit from which to start, and deriving our conception of the plane from the point, we constitute Euclidean space.
They are co-ordinate governments, each standing on the same level, and deriving its powers from the same sovereign authority.
Andre Assis, Institute of Physics, Campinas, Brazil, for answering questions on his theoretical work deriving the gravitational force as an electrical effect.
The door of the assembly had been designedly left open, for a mixed multitude of more than a thousand persons, who reflected disgrace upon their rank, instead of deriving honor from it.
On the same spot, ^34 a temple, which far surpasses the ancient glories of the Capitol, has been since erected by the Christian Pontiffs, who, deriving their claim of universal dominion from an humble fisherman of Galilee, have succeeded to the throne of the Caesars, given laws to the barbarian conquerors of Rome, and extended their spiritual jurisdiction from the coast of the Baltic to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
He subscribed a solemn treaty, with the hope of deriving some advantage from the term of its continuance, and the moment of its violation.
Whence arose this preference given by a democratic assembly to a body of property deriving its title from the most critical and obnoxious of all the exertions of monarchical authority?
This I do not mean to dispute, but this ought not to hinder you from deriving from superstition itself any resources which may thence be furnished for the public advantage.
Mondy, a top intelligence specialist whose career was stifled because of post-traumatic stress syndrome deriving from prior bad experience.
However, I daresay quite few people are capable of deriving much pleasure from mere passive contemplation of the structure of a language, or from reading the grammar of an invented language as if it were some kind of novel.
The "stem" of a verb is a basic form that we start from when deriving other forms, such as different tenses.
But when deriving adverbs from adjectives, I would recommend using the "safe" (or at least safer) ending -vë instead.
It may also be mentioned that nouns with stem-forms in -m- (for -n in the simplex forms) would probably still show -n before the possessive ending -wa: Older mw came out as nw in Quenya (see VT41:5, Tolkien deriving the noun sanwë "thought" from older sam-wê).
The creature deriving from his creative act can no more continue to exist than it could begin to exist without it.
On the same spot, ^34 a temple, which far surpasses the ancient glories of the Capitol, has been since erected by the Christian Pontiffs, who, deriving their claim of universal dominion from an humble fisherman of Galilee, have succeeded to the throne of the Caesars, given laws to the barbarian conquerors of Rome, and extended their spiritual jurisdiction from the coast of the Baltic to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.