Both Uses
derive
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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- He was a bright, handsome lad, nearly white; for he inherited the complexion my grandmother had derived from Anglo-Saxon ancestors.†
Chpt 1 *derived = got
- The money for the freedom of myself and my children could be obtained; but I derived no advantage from that circumstance.†
Chpt 15
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)