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rederive

rederive verb: to derive again, especially by using a different method.

Verb

rederive (third-person singular simple present rederives, present participle rederiving, simple past and past participle rederived)

  1. To derive again, especially by using a different method

Forms of rederive

third-person singular presentrederives
present participlerederiving
past participlerederived
pastrederived

Origin of rederive

From re- + derive.

Words formed from rederive

Questions about rederive

What does rederive mean?
Rederive means to derive again, especially by using a different method.
What part of speech is rederive?
Rederive is a verb.
What is the past tense of rederive?
The past tense of rederive is rederived.

Words near rederive in the dictionary

  1. rederivable
  2. rederivation
  3. rederivations
  4. rederivatize
  5. rederivatized
  6. rederive
  7. rederived
  8. rederives
  9. rederiving
  10. Reders
  11. redes

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