verb
- Reason by deduction; establish by deduction.
- Obtain.
- usage: "derive pleasure from one's garden"
- synonyms: gain
- Come from.
- usage: "The present name derives from an older form"
- Develop or evolve from a latent or potential state.
- synonyms: educe
- Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.
- usage: "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
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