derive
verb (used with object)
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed byfrom ).
am deriving
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present progressiveof derive (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"It is beautiful indeed, my dear boy; and I am deriving both refreshment and instruction while I look around me."
From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous
I am pursuing your directions and hope that I am deriving benefit from them.
From Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by General Robert Edward Lee
