derivev.
/dɪˈrʌɪv/ I. Transitive senses.† 1. † b. with various constructions, and adverbial complements.† c. reflexive. To flow (in, into, through channels). (Chiefly figurative) Obsolete.† 2. To cause (water, etc.) to flow away; to draw off, carry off, divert the course of; spec. in Medicine, cf. derivation n.1 1c. Obsolete.† 3. † b. To extend by branches or ramifications; to divide by branching. literal and figurative.† 4. transferred and figurative.† b. To hand down (esp. by descent). Obsolete.† c. reflexive. To pass by descent or transmission.† 5. transitive. To cause to come; to draw, bring, turn, direct; to bring down. Obsolete.
a. To conduct (a stream of water or other fluid) from a source, reservoir, main stream, etc. to or into a channel, place, or destination; to lead, draw, convey down a course or through a channel. Obsolete or archaic.
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society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > conduct (water, etc.) by channels or pipes [verb (transitive)]
leadc1275
derive1483
deduce1602
deduct1621
conduct1808
reconduct1825
canalize1886
bypass1909
the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > convey or transport > convey by a channel or medium
conductc1420
derive1483
channel1560
carry1565
convey1601
conduit1628
transmit1664
1483 Cath. Angl. 96 To deryue, deriuare.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 513/1 I deryve, or bringe one thynge out of another, as water is brought whan it is brought from the spring, je deriue.
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 77 The Pittes be so set abowte with Canales that the Salte Water is facily derivid to every Mannes Howse.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 10 From them [springes] thei deriued into cities and Tounes, the pure freshe waters a greate distaunce of.
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xvii. sig. Eiv Ye may conclude that this water may be deriued thither.
c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) i. xiv. 52 Molingus..with hys owne handes deryvyd a rinnyng spring to his monestary.
1606 N. Baxter Man Created in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 238 And so through conduits, secretly contriu'd, Is blood to euerie humane part deriu'd.
1632 R. Sanderson 12 Serm. 24 Little trenches, whereby..husbandmen used to derive water from some fountain or cistern to the several parts of their gardens.
1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (vii. 19) 122 Water..derived by Pipes from the River, into Cisterns.
1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 197 Mineral springs..Externally used, either by immersing the whole body, or by deriving a stream to some particular part.
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1548 R. Hutten tr. J. Spangenberg Sum of Diuinitie sig. Lviijv Thy fountaynes shall be deriued, & the ryuers shall runne into the streetes.
1594 2nd Rep. Dr. Faustus v. sig. C4 Danuby is deriued in two armes, which..meete at length againe in the same Channell.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 411 Cyrus..drained the channell of Euphrates, and derived the streames the other way.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. iii. 48 The pillar conducting them such by-ways, in levels or declivity of vales..where the water had a conveniency to be derived after them.
a1723 Sir C. Wren in L. Phillimore Family & Times (1881) App. iii. 343 They deriv'd the River when it rose, all over the Flat of the Delta.
1800 E. Darwin Phytologia xv. iii. 417 In some parts..where rice is cultivated, they are said not to derive the water on it, till it is in flower.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flow [verb (reflexive)] > empty self
exonerate1598
derivea1631
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 153 From all eternity he derived himselfe into three persons.
a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1821) ix. iv. 430 When God made the world, he did not..leave it alone to subsist by itself..but he derived himself through the whole creation.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bristol 37 The stream of her Charity..found other channels therein to derive it self.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments removing or dispersing matter > remove or disperse [verb (transitive)] > disperse, etc., humours or morbid matter
cleansec1000
resolvea1398
slaya1400
dissolvec1400
evacuec1400
mundify?a1425
repel?a1425
attenuate1533
evacuate1533
discuss?1537
divert?1541
extenuate1541
intercide?1541
educe1574
scour1577
attray1579
clenge1582
divertise1597
derive1598
revel1598
display1607
draw1608
incide1612
correct1620
fuse1705
lavage1961
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (transitive)] > cause to flow (away)
trillc1485
derive1598
to run off1737
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [verb (transitive)] > lead or extend a watercourse or channel > divert stream
derive1598
rechannel1922
recanalize1927
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 26 Intending to haue deriued the riuer of Thames, to haue flowed aboute it.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 544 To water them, or to deriue & diuert water from them.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 469 To lade out the water that riseth vpon the workemen, for feare it choke vp the pits; for to preuent which inconuenience, they deriue it by other drains.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 17 The matter must be derived and voided from the head.
1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) i. iii. 38 Water, (which to derive and rid away).
1771 T. Percival Ess. Med. & Exper. (1777) I. 220 They derive the febrile matter from the brain, and assist..the other discharges.
a. To carry, lead, extend (a watercourse, canal, or channel of any kind). Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [verb (transitive)] > lead or extend a watercourse or channel
derive?c1550
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 20 After~ward, deriving a trenche from fort to fort, he environed the towne, and..beganne to annoy the same.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 113 So soone as the said water-conduct was derived unto the towne, he caused it to be divided, and sent into sundry places.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 16 Media, where the Channels begin, that are deriued out of the Riuer Tygris.
1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xiii. 413 From this stream..an infinity of canals are derived.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > diverge [verb (intransitive)] > ramify or branch
twist1340
branch1398
ramify1576
derivea1612
sprig1658
divaricate1672
subdivide1681
ramificate1780
spray1872
divide1878
a1612 J. Harington Treat. Playe in Nugæ Antiquæ (1775) II. 5 Yt may be deriued into three kindes.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1955) II. 62 Rooted in some one beloved sin, but derived into infinite branches of tentation.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xxv. 174 At the other end, by two branches [it] deriveth it selfe into the Lunges. View more context for this quotation
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 65 Other ramifications of this nervus intercostalis are derived into the Chest and Diaphragma. [Cf. 1760 at sense 4a.]
a. To convey from one (treated as a source) to another, as by transmission, descent, etc.; to transmit, impart, communicate, pass on, hand on. Const. to, into, unto, rarely upon the recipient. Obsolete or archaic (rare after 1750).
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (transitive)] > transmit > pass on
transfude?a1475
derivea1530
transmit1629
derivate1643
to hand down1651
to hand on1685
to pass on1791
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCxxvi This power of byndyng & losynge of synne, is deriuyed from the apostles to ye mynystres of Christes chirche.
1547 J. Hooper Declar. Christe i, in Early Writings (1843) 15 The sin of Adam..was derived into all his posterity.
1564 Briefe Exam. B iv The maner of prophesying..was deryued out of the Sinagoges, into our Churches.
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 6 From him God lineally derived it unto Abraham.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. A2 I will Deriue the Crowne vnto your Daughters head.
1651–3 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year Ep. Ded. That this Book is derived upon your Lordship almost in the nature of a legacy from her.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Bucks. 136 Parents..rich enough to derive unto him the hereditary infirmity of the gout.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 678 Jesus..when he ascended..derived that divine Spirit upon his Apostles.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxxii. 356 The High-Priest..was to marry, and he derived to his descendents that Sacred Office.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 549 His Name would be derived to Posterity, as the Preserver of his Country.
1760 W. Law Spirit of Prayer i. 38 The life of the vine must be really derived into the branches.
1835 Paul Antiq. Greece i. ii. xi. §2 A festival first instituted at Athens, and from thence derived to the rest of the Ionians.
1848 R. D. Hampden Bampton Lect. (ed. 3) 184 The definition of Predestination, as given in the Scholastic writers, and from them derived to modern Theology.
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1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc 86 What their fathers..Have with great fame derived down to them.
a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 268 The Turkish Histories are not so completely derived down to us as to Describe the Territories by Longitude, or Latitude.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1051 Another evident instance of the Apostles deriving down their Apostolick Authority.
1828 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 37 208 The hatred of popery..which has..been derived down from father to son.
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (reflexive)] > pass by transmission
derive1600
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 174 This imperiall Crowne, Which as immediate from thy place and blood, Deriues it selfe to me. View more context for this quotation
1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 126 Which Conditions did not (with his succession) derive themselves on me.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vii. 407 The Womens discords derived themselves into their Husbands hearts.
1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. v. iv. 206 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) The jealousie of the Kings of Persia..derives itself to all his Subjects, who will not permit their women to be seen.
a. Const. to, unto, into.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition
set971
haveOE
wendOE
to bring onc1230
teemc1275
putc1330
run1391
casta1400
laya1400
stead1488
constitute1490
render1490
takea1530
introduce1532
deduce1545
throw?1548
derive?c1550
turn1577
to work up1591
estate1605
arrive1607
state1607
enduea1616
assert1638
sublime1654
to run up1657
?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 102 Then Honorius, retaininge the Brittishe armie, did againe derive and traine the Ilande to the empire.
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 267 Things which would deriue mee ill will to speake of. View more context for this quotation
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 30 What Friend of mine, That had to him deriu'd your Anger, did I Continue in my Liking. View more context for this quotation
1678 T. Hobbes Decameron Physiologicum vii. 75 The force of the Sun-beams is derived almost to a point by a Burning-glass.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 270 Men..looked upon him, as one, who could derive the King's Pleasure to them.
1772 J. W. Fletcher Appeal Matter of Fact iii. 96 Those who..derive putrefaction into their bones, for the momentary gratification of a shameful appetite.
1774 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. App., in Wks. (1859) I. 144 To undergo the great inconvenience that will be derived to them from stopping all imports whatever from Great Britain.
b. Const. on, upon.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring something upon
send971
drivea1400
inrun1471
work1487
to draw down1595
invite1599
derive1611
superinduce1615
incur1627
to bring down1662
induce1857
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 665/2 Hereby he deriued vpon his enemie all the enuie of the people.
1671 J. Davies Sibylls ii. ii. 87 The first Persecution was raised by Nero, to derive upon the innocent Christians the Indignation of the Romanes.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. III. 65 Such Apostacy derives a double Dishonour upon Religion.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. ix. 41 Such an Example, as will derive upon you the Ill-will and Censure of other Ladies.
1808 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 26 224 They would derive on themselves a solid glory.
6.
a. To draw, fetch, get, gain, obtain (a thing from a source). Const. from, rarely †out of.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain from a source or derive
takec1175
drawa1300
to take out of ——1483
suck1535
to suck out1546
derive1561
extract1596
to take up1610
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. F.iiiiv Deriuing them [sc. new words] featly from the Latins, as the Latins in olde tyme, deriued from the [Greeks].
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) Pref. sig. A vij If one chance to derive anie word from the Latine, which is insolent to their eares..they forthwith make a jest at it, and terme it an Inkhorne terme.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ix. 41 O that estates, degrees, and offices, were not deriu'd corruptly. View more context for this quotation
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor ii. ii. sig. Ev Signior, let me deriue a small peece of siluer from you. View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 140 The Romans..led Horses in honour of the Sun, a custome derived from the Persians.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 837 Sciential sap, deriv'd From Nectar, drink of Gods. View more context for this quotation
1751 J. Harris Hermes iii. iv. 400 If all Minds have them [sc. their ideas] derived, they must be derived from something, which is itself not Mind.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 32 The power of the præfect of Italy was not confined to the country from whence he derived his title.
1822 ‘B. Cornwall’ Headland Bay Panama in Misc. Poems And Cheops hath derived eternal fame Because he made his tomb a place of pride.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 219 The archbishop..derived no personal advantage from his courts.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 181 The solid matter derived from the waste of the land.
b. Const. with from and to. rare.
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1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 204 A king, from the weakness of whose title they might derive power to themselves.
1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) II. 404 The chief advantage which can be derived to population from the interference of law.
1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. iv. 167 From his labours, the most valuable benefits were derived to his countrymen.
c. to derive (ancestry, origin, pedigree, etc.); also reflexive.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in > origin or ancestry from
to derive1599
abstract1610
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. B8 For Malum (an apple) deriveth his line of Ancestry from the Greeke Melon, of great antiquity.
1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xi. Illustr. 183 Prester Iohns, sometimes deriuing himselfe very neere from the loines of Salomon.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 10 The Mountaines of the Moone..whence seuen-mouthed Nyle, deriues his Origen.
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura ii. 11 Sculpture may derive its Pedegree from the infancy of the World.
d. absol. or intransitive.
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1632 F. Quarles Divine Fancies Ded. That like the painful Bee, I may derive From sundry Flow'rs to store my slender Hive.
1649 G. Langbaine Answer Vniv. Oxford 33 Erected by the Citty and those who derive from their Title.
1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 39 The grantee whom he derives from.
e. Chemistry. To obtain (a compound) from another, as by partial replacement.
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1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 554 This compound, derived from ethylsulphurous acid by substitution of Cl for HO.
7. To obtain by some process of reasoning, inference or deduction; to gather, deduce.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > infer, conclude [verb (transitive)]
concludec1374
takec1400
to drive outc1443
drive1447
derive1509
reasona1527
deduce1529
include1529
infer1529
gather1535
deduct?1551
induce1563
pick1565
fetch1567
collect1581
decide1584
bring1605
to take up1662
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure 75 Loke what ye saye; loke it be deryfyde Frome perfyt reason well exemplyfyde.
1624 N. De Lawne tr. P. Du Moulin Elements Logick 89 Rules to live well, derived from nature.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xiv. 83 Men derive their Ideas of Duration, from their Reflection on the train of the Ideas, they observe to succeed one another in their own Understandings.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 203. ⁋7 In age, we derive little from retrospect but hopeless sorrow.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §7. 426 It is difficult..to derive any knowledge of Shakspere's inner history from the Sonnets.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 269 The higher truths of philosophy and religion..are derived from experience.
8. reflexive. To arise, spring, come from something as its source; to take its origin from.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [verb (reflexive)] > derive
derive1662
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. ii. §9 Sem from whom he derived himself, was one of the persons who escaped it in the Ark.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 127 Sheraz then probably derives it self from Sherab, which in the Persian Tongue signifies a Grape.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. i. 37 Experience: In that, all our Knowledge is founded; and from that it ultimately derives it self.
1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 85 Hence comedy derives itself.
1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies v, in Last Ess. Elia 232 If the abstinence from evil..is to derive itself from no higher principle.
9.
a. passive. To be drawn or descended; to take its origin or source; to spring, come from (rarely †of, †out of).
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c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Ellesm. & Camb. MSS.) 2180 Conuertynge al vn to his propre welle ffrom which it is dirryued sooth to telle.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 513/1 His lynage is deryved out of the house of Melysyn.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 58 A Couple-close is a subordinate charge deriued from a Cheuron.
1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 11 A Race uncertain and unev'n, Deriv'd from all the Nations under Heav'n.
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xiii. xiii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 422 They also reviled him, as derived from a captive.
1892 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. 6 No European population now existing which is not derived from many races.
b. spec. Of a word: To arise or be formed by some process of word-formation from (some more primitive or earlier word).
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1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 60 Arundo, sayth he, is deriued out of the Adiectiue Aridum, for that it so spedily drieth and withereth.
a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 50 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) Stirrup..being derived of the old English word Sty, which is, to get up.
1676 Port Royal Art of Speaking 11 From one single Word many others are derived, as is obvious in the Dictionaries of such Languages as we know.
1751 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 48 A Participle is an Adjective derived of a Verb.
1791 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 27/1 The word Tontine is only a cant word, derived from the name of an Italian projector.
1881 W. W. Skeat Etymol. Dict. 150/2 From this O.F. dars is also derived the Breton darz, a dace.
10.
a. transitive. To trace or show the derivation, origin, or pedigree of; to show (a thing) to proceed, issue, or come from; to trace the origination of (anything) from its source; also, more loosely, to declare, assert, or state a thing to be derived from.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > derive, come from, or originate in
fet1393
to take one's spring from (also out of)c1440
to come out of ——1481
extract1490
deduct1530
fetch1552
desume1564
deduce1565
father1577
derive1600
traduce1615
raisea1631
originate1653
to be sourced in1941
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 4 Some derive the originall of this Count Henrie from Hungarie, others from Aragon, and from other places.
1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. A2v Bastard..Thou knowest I can deriue thee.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. ix. 321 The observations of Albuquerque..derive this rednesse from the colour of the sand and argillous earth at the bottome. View more context for this quotation
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iv. §13 Prometheus (from whom the Greeks derived themselves).
1683 Britanniæ Speculum 38 From whence Sir Edward Cook derives the Law of England at this day for burning those Women who kill their Husbands.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. vii. 140 An Action which Malice itself could not have derived from an evil Motive. View more context for this quotation
1874 J. W. Dawson Nature & Bible 202 These men derive all religion from myths.
b. spec. To trace the origin of (a word) from (†to) its etymological source; to establish or show the derivation of; also, less correctly, to offer a conjectural derivation for (a word).
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [verb (transitive)] > trace etymology of
etymologize1532
derive1559
etymologe1586
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 186 Africa..Festus saith it came of the qualitie of th' Aere..deriving it of ϕρίκη, as who should say, Ἀϕρική that is, without horrour of coldenes.
1672 H. Dodwell Two Lett. Advice ii. ix. 259 This..way of deriving unknown words to their primitive originals.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. That etymologist..who can seriously derive dream from drama, because life is a drama, and a drama is a dream.
1851 R. C. Trench Study of Words (ed. 13) vii. 264 He derives the name of the peacock from the peak or tuft of pointed feathers on its head.
1884 Notes & Queries 6th Ser. IX. 207 I should be much obliged if any of your readers could help me in deriving the name of the village of Allonby, in Cumberland.
II. Intransitive senses (arising out of reflexive uses in I.).
11. To flow, spring, issue, emanate, come, arise, originate, have its derivation from, rarely out of (a source). Frequently in modern use, probably at first as a gallicism.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate, derive, or arise [verb (intransitive)]
arisec950
syeOE
comeOE
riselOE
springc1175
buildc1340
derivec1386
sourdc1386
proceedc1390
becomea1400
to be descended (from, of)1399
bursta1400
to take roota1400
resolve?c1400
sourdre14..
springc1405
descenda1413
sprayc1425
well?a1475
depart1477
issue1481
provene1505
surmount1522
sprout1567
accrue?1576
source1599
dimane1610
move1615
drill1638
emane1656
emanate1756
originate1758
to hail from1841
deduce1866
inherita1890
stem1932
c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2148 (Ellesm. MS.) Wel may men knowe but it be a fool That euery part dirryueth from his hool.
1649 A. Ascham Bounds Publique Obed. 17 We all derive from him.
a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 65 A mighty revenue derives out of the excise paid for beer and wine.
1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus i. 3 To understand the Family he derives from.
1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino v. 13 The Right to rule derives from those that gave, And no Man can convey more Power than that they have.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 27 Happiness, which does not derive from any single source.
1803 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 54/2 In the third class, nobility derives from the person, and not from the estate.
1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam liv. 78 The wish, that of the living whole No life may fail beyond the grave; Derives it not from what we have The likest God within the soul? View more context for this quotation
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. iii. 74 There was an authority not deriving from the Queen or the Parliament.
1895 tr. P. Bourget Outre-mer ii. 36 How all literature derives from him [sc. Shakespeare] in every English-speaking country.
1899 Daily News 28 Nov. 6/5 As a draughtsman he derives from Charles Keene.
1901 Daily News 22 Jan. 5/4 The theory of the mediæval empire derives immediately from Rome.
1907 Daily Chron. 18 Oct. 4/6 Thackeray derived straight from Goldsmith.
1971 Daily Tel. 19 Nov. 13/3 Richard Rountree..is powerful in a role that must derive from those paragons of policemen Sidney Poitier used to play.
12. To proceed, descend, pass on, come (to a receiver, receptacle, etc.).
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the world > movement > transference > [verb (intransitive)] > be transmitted or passed on
derivate?1541
derive1559
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. The study of this Art..derived unto the Romains and Grekes somewhat late.
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xv. 212 If the Church meddles with them when they doe not derive into ill life.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 1 Thales.., who first introduc'd Naturall and Mathematicall Learning into Greece, from whence it derived into us.
1768 Woman of Honor III. 130 All that is the most excellent, in our..laws, derives to us from those very..savages.
1858 M. Pattison Ess. (1889) II. 16 Puritanism..derives to this country directly from Geneva.
13. Of a word: To originate, come as a derivative (from its root or primitive).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > form words [verb (intransitive)] > be derived
derive1794
1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 90 Indignant meantime derives from a higher stock.
1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 632 Upholsterer is declared against as a corruption. Whence does it derive?
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 154 The words Comus and Encomium derive thence.
Derivatives
deˈriving n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > transference > [noun] > transmission or passing on > passing on or being passed on from a source
derivation1597
deriving1607
the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > origination or derivation > action of deriving from a source
derivement1593
deriving1607
derivage1610
deduction1612
derivation1660
1607 S. Hieron Old-man & New-man in Wks. (1620) I. 420 Whosoeuer is a man by the propagation of Adams nature, the same is also a sinner by the deriuing ouer of his corruption.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §176 (R.) For our experiments are onely such as do ever ascend a degree to the deriving of causes and extracting of axiomes.
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