All 6 Uses of
derive
in
Selected Tales, by Poe
- I mean to say that, subsequently to the period when Ligeia's beauty passed into my spirit, there dwelling as in a shrine, I derived, from many existences in the material world, a sentiment such as I felt always aroused within me by her large and luminous orbs.†
Scene 1derived = got
- This peculiarity of character grew with my growth, and in my manhood, I derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure.†
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- To those who have cherished an affection for a faithful and sagacious dog, I need hardly be at the trouble of explaining the nature or the intensity of the gratification thus derivable.†
Scene 2derivable = able to be gotten (from something else)standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- He derives pleasure from even the most trivial occupations bringing his talent into play.†
Scene 4derives = gets
- When I say proficiency, I mean that perfection in the game which includes a comprehension of all the sources whence legitimate advantage may be derived.†
Scene 4derived = got
- He seemed, too, to take an eager delight in its exercise—if not exactly in its display—and did not hesitate to confess the pleasure thus derived.†
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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.)