derive: the sense ‘gain, obtain’ is the most freq., of which somewhat exceptional uses are in 2H4 I. i. 23 “How is this derived?” = (‘Whence does thy information come?’, Lr. I. ii. 90)
1.
refl. to pass by descent, be
descended or inherited
Ado IV. i. 137
“This shame d-s itself
from unknown loins,”
2H4 IV. v. 42
“this imperial crown,
Which . . . Derives itself to
me.”
2.
to draw upon, direct
“to” (a person)
All'sW. V. iii. 268
“would me ill
will,”
H8 II. iv. 30
“That had to him deriv'd
your anger.”
3.
refl. to originate
“out of”
Tw.N. III. iv. 272.
4.
to trace the origin
of, show how (it) comes about Troil. II. iii. 66.
