derivement

derivement noun: something derived; a deduction, inference, or derivative.

Noun

derivement (countable and uncountable, plural derivements)

(countable, obsolete) Something derived; a deduction, inference, or derivative.
- I offer these derivements from these subjects, to rise our affections upward.1648, Walter Montagu, Miscellanea Spiritualia
- So that lay presbyteries under the gospel can have no agreement with the synedrical courts of Moses, much less any derivement from them; unless they will tie all Christian kingdoms to the tribunals and judicials of Moses' law, and give their elders the sword instead of the word, which God hath...1842, Thomas Bilson, The Perpetual Government of Christ's Church, page 6
(uncountable) The act or process of deriving; derivation.
- The features of refinement are as important as the mechanical development for the derivement of continued pleasure.1914, The Haynes Pioneer - Volume 2
- These correlations should be particularly high, say in the .6 to .8 range because of the common variance attributed to the derivement of all the measures from paper and pencil techniques...”2003, Aaron Cohen, Multiple Commitments in the Workplace, page 58

Brewer could never have passed up such intriguing derivements (obsolete but such a lovely word) .1942, Otto C. Lightner, Pearl Ann Reeder, Hobbies - Volume 47, Part 1, page 34:
The toxic effect of EtOH is caused by the following metabolites: MeCHO, MeCOCO₂H, and “CPF," a derivement of MeCOCO₂H , that potentiates the effect of the acid.1954, Journal of Mental Science - Volume 100, page 333:
Artificial derivements are provided in the Malaysian Income Tax Act and broadly fall under five concepts:2006, Malaysian Master Tax Guide - Volume 23, page 147:
The core methodology is conceptually the same as in our previous work on the derivement of labels for sentences by similarity-based clustering of sentence contents.2005, Asuncion Gómez-Pérez, Jerome Euzenat, The Semantic Web: Research and Applications, page 610:

plural	derivements

From derive + -ment.

What does derivement mean?: Derivement means something derived; a deduction, inference, or derivative.
How do you use derivement in a sentence?: Brewer could never have passed up such intriguing derivements (obsolete but such a lovely word) .
What part of speech is derivement?: Derivement is a noun.
What is the plural of derivement?: The plural of derivement is derivements.

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