v.
Pronunciation: di- ' r ī v, d ē -
Function: verb
Inflected Form: de · rived ; de · riv · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French deriver, from Latin derivare, literally, to draw off (water), from de- + rivus stream ― more at RUN
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source b : to obtain (a chemical substance) actually or theoretically from a parent substance
2 : INFER , DEDUCE
3 archaic : BRING
4 : to trace the derivation of
intransitive verb : to have or take origin : come as a derivative
synonyms see SPRING
– de · riv · er noun