Both Uses
derive
in
Wuthering Heights
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- If she desired to go, she might: the nuisance of her presence outweighs the gratification to be derived from tormenting her!'†
p. 110.6 *derived = got
- Both doors and lattices were open; and yet, as is usually the case in a coal-district, a fine red fire illumined the chimney: the comfort which the eye derives from it renders the extra heat endurable.†
p. 223.1derives = gets
Definitions:
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(1)
(derive) to get something from something else
(If the context doesn't otherwise indicate where something came from, it is generally from reasoning--especially deductive reasoning.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)