(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else. / (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning. / (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

plural of deriver

Something that derives.

(obsolete) That which is derived; deduction; inference.

plural of derivement

simple past tense and past participle of derive

(systematics) Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of derive

plural of derivate

The state or quality of being derivative; derivative nature.