Verb

(deriv)

To obtain or receive (something) from something else.

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(logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.

(linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).

(chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.

To originate or stem (from).

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To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.

* (and other bibliographic details) Holland

For fear it [water] choke up the pitsthey [the workman] derive it by other drains.

Verb

(inferr)

To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

* 2010 , "Keep calm, but don't carry on", The Economist , 7 Oct 2010:

It is dangerous to infer too much from martial bluster in British politics: at the first hint of trouble, channelling Churchill is a default tactic for beleaguered leaders of all sorts.

To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.)

*, II.3:

These and a thousand like propositions, which concurre in this purpose, do evidently inferre .

* Shakespeare

This doth infer the zeal I had to see him.

* Sir Thomas More

The first part is not the proof of the second, but rather contrariwise, the second inferreth well the first.

(obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) (upon) or (to) someone.

* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.8:

faire Serena.

(obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in.

* Shakespeare

Full well hath Clifford played the orator, / Inferring arguments of mighty force.