derive
verb (used with object)
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed byfrom ).
underivable
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a word derived from
derive.
Example Sentences
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They deify as God something which I can only translate by a word as underivable as God - I mean Gumption.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
In all vital processes we must reckon with a “physiological x,” which cannot be eliminated, which gives to life its unique and underivable character.
From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto
Life is one of the underivable and inexplicable fundamental functions of universal being.
From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto
It leaves unaffected the problem of the mind with its peculiar and underivable laws, from the logical to the ethical.
From Naturalism And Religion by Rudolf Otto
On the other hand, both the above illustrations afford evidence of an unconscious perception of the facts, and prove the existence of a direct knowledge underivable from any sensual impression or from consciousness.
From Unconscious Memory by Samuel Butler
