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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..

Revulsion :: Revulsion (n.) The act of turning or diverting any disease from one part of the body to another. It resembles derivation, but is usually applied to a more active form of counter irritation..

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

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

Derivation :: Derivation (n.) That from which a thing is derived.

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

Derivative :: Derivative (n.) An agent which is adapted to produce a derivation (in the medical sense).

Derivably :: Derivably (adv.) By derivation.

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

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

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

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

Derivative :: Derivative (a.) Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary; as, a derivative conveyance; a derivative word..

Conjugate :: Conjugate (n.) A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification..

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.

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

Eponymy :: Eponymy (n.) The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc..

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

Derival :: Derival (n.) Derivation.

Radical :: Radical (a.) Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form..

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