underived
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of underived
First recorded in 1620–30; un- 1 + derived ( def. )
Example Sentences
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He assumes the Nous and matter as existing from the beginning, side by side, as equally ultimate and underived principles.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
Mrs. Meredith and Rowan and the clergyman were left with the father and the children, and with an unexampled wedding collation—one of Pansy's underived masterpieces.
From The Mettle of the Pasture by Allen, James Lane
The love on either side is on one side spontaneous and underived, and on the other side is secondary and evoked, but it is love on both sides.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
It has sincerity, dignity, and reserve, yet it is both deeply impassioned and enamoringly tender; and it is as absolutely personal, as underived, as was Tristan forty years ago.
From Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande A Guide to the Opera with Musical Examples from the Score by Gilman, Lawrence
Mark the grand 'I live'—the timeless present tense, which expresses unbroken, underived, undying, and, as I believe, divine life.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander
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