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derive verb [ dɪˈrʌɪv ]

• obtain something from (a specified source).
• "they derived great comfort from this assurance"
Similar: obtain, get, take, gain, acquire, procure, extract, attain, glean,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘draw a fluid through or into a channel’): from Old French deriver or Latin derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’.


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