different between derive vs regain

English

Etymology

From Middle English deriven, from Old French deriver, from Latin d?r?v? (“to lead, turn, or draw off (a liquid), draw off, derive”), from d? (“away”) + r?vus (“a stream”); see rival.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???a?v/

Verb

derive (third-person singular simple present derives, present participle deriving, simple past and past participle derived)

1. (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
2. (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
3. (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
4. (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
5. (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).

6. To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
   • Book 33

     For fear it [water] choke up the pits […] they [the workman] deriue it by other drains.

Derived terms

• derivation
• derivative

Translations

Further reading

• derive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• derive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• drivee, reived, revied, rieved

Asturian

Verb

derive

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of derivar

Italian

Noun

derive f pl

1. plural of deriva

Anagrams

• rideve
• rivede
• vedrei

Portuguese

Verb

derive

1. inflection of derivar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

derive

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of derivar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of derivar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of derivar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of derivar.

English

Etymology

From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). Surface etymology is re- +? gain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i???e?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: re?gain

Verb

regain (third-person singular simple present regains, present participle regaining, simple past and past participle regained)

1. (transitive) To get back; to recover possession of.

Translations

Anagrams

• Gainer, Gearin, Reagin, Regina, anigre, earing, gainer, in gear, inrage, raigne, reagin, regian, regina

French

Noun

regain m (uncountable)

1. second crop (typically of grass)
2. renewal
3. upsurge

References

• “regain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).