Derive
Derive , transitive verb
[French dériver, Latin 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. [Obsolete]
For fear it [water] choke up the pits... they [the workman] derive it by other drains.
Her due loves derived to that vile witch's share.
Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah.
2.
To receive, as from a source or origin; to obtain by descent or by transmission; to draw; to deduce; -- followed by from.
3.
To trace the origin, descent, or derivation of; to recognize transmission of; as, he derives this word from the Anglo-Saxon.
From these two causes... an ancient set of physicians derived all diseases.
4.
(Chemistry) To obtain one substance from another by actual or theoretical substitution; as, to derive an organic acid from its corresponding hydrocarbon.
Derive , intransitive verb
To flow; to have origin; to descend; to proceed; to be deduced. — Shakespeare
Power from heaven
Derives, and monarchs rule by gods appointed.