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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DERIVING, ppr. Drawing; receiving; deducing; communicating; diverting or turning into another channel.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase [syn: deriving, derivation, etymologizing]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Derive De*rive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Derived; p. pr. & vb. n. Deriving.] [F. d['e]river, L. derivare; de- + rivus stream, brook. See Rival.] 1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.] For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they [the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland. Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share. --Spenser. Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.