Both Uses of
derive
in
A Passage to India
- How he did rub it in that he was not in India to behave pleasantly, and derived positive satisfaction therefrom!†
Chpt 5 *derived = got
- Sensuality, as long as it is straightforward, did not repel him, but this derived sensuality—the sort that classes a mistress among motor-cars if she is beautiful, and among eye-flies if she isn't—was alien to his own emotions, and he felt a barrier between himself an4 Aziz whenever it arose.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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.)
(If the context doesn't otherwise indicate where something came from, it is generally from reasoning--especially deductive reasoning.)