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Derivable - 3 dictionary results

de⋅rive

  [di-rahyv] verb, -rived, -riv⋅ing.
Use Derivable in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually fol. by from).
2. to trace from a source or origin.
3. to reach or obtain by reasoning; deduce; infer.
4. Chemistry. to produce or obtain (a substance) from another.
–verb (used without object)
5. to come from a source or origin; originate (often fol. by from).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME diriven, deriven to flow, draw from, spring < AF, OF deriver < L dērīvāre to lead off, equiv. to dē- de- + rīv(us) a stream + -āre inf. suffix

Related forms:
de⋅riv⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅riv⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. gain, attain, glean, gather, reap, net.
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de·rive   (dĭ-rīv')   
v.   de·rived, de·riv·ing, de·rives

v.   tr.
  1. To obtain or receive from a source.
  2. To arrive at by reasoning; deduce or infer: derive a conclusion from facts.
  3. To trace the origin or development of (a word).
  4. Linguistics To generate (one structure) from another or from a set of others.
  5. Chemistry To produce or obtain (a compound) from another substance by chemical reaction.
v.   intr.
To issue from a source; originate. See Synonyms at stem1.

[Middle English deriven, to be derived from, from Old French deriver, from Latin dērīvāre, to derive, draw off : dē-, de- + rīvus, stream; see rei- in Indo-European roots.]
de·riv'a·ble adj., de·riv'er n.
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Derivable

De*riv"a*ble\, a. [From Derive.] That can be derived; obtainable by transmission; capable of being known by inference, as from premises or data; capable of being traced, as from a radical; as, income is derivable from various sources.

All honor derivable upon me. --South.

The exquisite pleasure derivable from the true and beautiful relations of domestic life. --H. G. Bell.

The argument derivable from the doxologies. --J. H. Newman.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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