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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
derived
adj
  1. formed or developed from something else; not original; "the belief that classes and organizations are secondary and derived"- John Dewey
    Antonym(s): underived
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Derive \De*rive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Derived}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Deriving}.] [F. d[82]river, L. derivare; de- + rivus
      stream, brook. See {Rival}.]
      1. To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute
            into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to
            transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [Obs.]
  
                     For fear it [water] choke up the pits . . . they
                     [the workman] derive it by other drains. --Holland.
  
                     Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.
                                                                              --Spenser.
  
                     Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. --Jer.
                                                                              Taylor.
  
      2. To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by
            descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; --
            followed by from.
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