Verb
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.
To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced.
Source: Webster's dictionaryShe was descended from an old Italian noble family Source: Internet
he comes from humble origins Source: Internet
The present name derives from an older form Source: Internet
derive pleasure from one's garden Source: Internet
Administrative failures like this are especially threatening to a regime that does not derive its legitimacy from elections, but instead rules repressively and then points to the achievements of its style of governance. Source: Internet
According to post-Soviet research, the name is thought to derive from a Kyrgyz word for a churn used to make fermented mare's milk ( kumis ), the Kyrgyz national drink, although not all sources agree on this. Source: Internet