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Definition of Derives
1. derive [v] - See also: derive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derives
Literary usage of Derives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"CHAPTER XIV WHAT THE REAL ADVANTAGES ARE WHICH AMERICAN- SOCIETY derives FROM
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRACY BEFORE I enter upon the subject of the present ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... and an Englishman may curiously trace the establishment of the Barbarians,
from whom he derives his name, his laws, and perhaps his origin. [AD 455—582. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and no bishop outside derives its name (drum-lias, ridge of the huts) from the of
.... derives ..."
4. The Law of Nations, Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty, Edward Duncan Ingraham (1852)
"Two monarchs have bound themselves by a mutual promise to unite their forces for
the defence of a neighbouring city ; that city derives advantage from their ..."
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