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- Tomorrow return and we will continue to derive great pleasure from the joy of learning.†
p. 44.8derive = get
- Soon we derived a game out of it.†
p. 54.4 *derived = got
- I looked at Edna as she related the soap-bubbly plot of her favorite program and it suddenly struck me that a hell of a lot more people derived dramatic pleasure from the plight of Linda and Doctor Steve than ever derived it from Hamlet and Ophelia.†
p. 135.1
- I looked at Edna as she related the soap-bubbly plot of her favorite program and it suddenly struck me that a hell of a lot more people derived dramatic pleasure from the plight of Linda and Doctor Steve than ever derived it from Hamlet and Ophelia.†
p. 135.1
- Carol was always a kind of high priestess in our family circle, a wry and demonstrative oracle who read eastern philosophy with sophomoric intensity and who tried to implement the lessons she derived from her readings in our household.†
p. 209.1
- It was interesting to note that the children who broke the boycott had parents who worked in the school and whose only income was derived from the school being open.†
p. 280.5
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)