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Derival :: Derival (n.) Derivation.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process..

Etymologist :: Etymologist (n.) One who investigates the derivation of words.

Derivational :: Derivational (a.) Relating to derivation.

Lexicology :: Lexicology (n.) The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.

Traduction :: Traduction (n.) Derivation by descent; propagation.

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root..

Etymological :: Etymological (a.) Pertaining to etymology, or the derivation of words..

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

Radically :: Radically (adv.) Without derivation; primitively; essentially.

Originally :: Originally (adv.) In the original time, or in an original manner; primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or imitation..

Descent :: Descent (n.) Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction..

Metadiscoidal :: Metadiscoidal (a.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (a.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

Derivably :: Derivably (adv.) By derivation.

Extraction :: Extraction (n.) Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.

Homograph :: Homograph (n.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful..

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