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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  derived
       adj 1: determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated
              velocity of a bullet"; "a derived value" [syn: {calculated}]
       2: formed or developed from something else; not original; "the
          belief that classes and organizations are secondary and
          derived"- John Dewey [ant: {underived}]

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