To turn aside or divert, as water or other fluid, from its natural course or channel: as, to derive water from the main channel or current into lateral rivulets.Figuratively, to turn aside; divert.To draw or receive, as from a source or origin, or by regular transmission: as, to derive ideas from the senses; to derive instruction from a book; his estate is derived from his ancestors.Specifically To draw or receive (a word) from a more original root or stem: as, the word ‘rule’ is derived from the Latin; ‘feed’ is derived from ‘food.’ See derivationTo deduce, as from premises; trace, as from a source or origin: involving a personal subject.To communicate or transfer from one to another, as by descent.To come, proceed, or be derived.