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• n  (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
• v  reason by deduction; establish by deduction
• v  obtain
• v  come from
• v  develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
• v  come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

• The President is hopeful that with time scientists can find ways of deriving cells like those now derived from human embryos but without the need for using embryos.
• Washington has so far skirted the complicated issues deriving from the need for further recapitalization of its financial system.
• I think another aspect to that has to do with to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

• derivation
• etymologizing
• deduce
• infer
• deduct
• derive
• gain
• educe
• come
• descend

News & Articles

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• Speed Bumps Remain for Electric Cars; Incentives Could Recharge Interest
  NEW YORK, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Electric cars are beginning to post all sorts of impressive numbers. Recently the 100,000 th plug-in vehicle was sold. And last year, roughly 440,000 cars deriving ...
  June 20, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Undercover cops bust two for allegedly running prostitution houses in Lake Worth
  Two Lake Worth men are facing charges of maintaining a prostitution house and deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution, after undercover police officers raided two houses in the city this weekend.
  June 18, 2013 - The Palm Beach Post
• Wendy’s Frosty Licker Joins the Recent Trend of Fast Food Social Media Snafus
  Who really knows what goes on behind the scenes at fast food restaurants? I mean, who really knows? Sure, we all just assume that the people handling our food aren’t deriving pleasure from making it as disgusting as humanly possible …
  June 14, 2013 - WebProNews

Quotes

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• Thomas Jefferson in Zanesville Times Recorder
  Thomas Jefferson once wrote of principles that should guide government, stating, "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
• Glynn Birch in CBS News
  AIG's obligation to be transparent, its obligation to report honest financials and its obligation to permit consumers to know what fees its agents and brokers will be deriving from sales, are going to define a new level of transparency in the... Eliot Spitzer http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Spitzer&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFuscpk6-OEi-9hNFGyu8PxC0tVxw San Francisco Chronicle http://www.google.com/url?q=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/news/archive/2006/02/09/financial/f080538S25.DTL%26type%3Dbusiness&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHml8IlAhbS_jDVaTmrJC-45xcQIQ Feb 9, 2006 26728 35498 dermal There are going to be different types of technology, such as trans-dermal detection that will have sensors to detect the blood alcohol level of an individual before he starts the car, so it doesn't allow the car to start," said Birch.