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derive

verb/dəˈraɪv/

receive or obtain something, usually beneficial, from something else

Many cancer patients have said they derived the highest benefit from combining chemotherapy with acupuncture to minimize side effects.

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word origin — late Middle English (in the sense ‘draw a fluid through or into a channel’): from Old French deriver or Latin derivare, from de- ‘down, away’ + rivus ‘brook, stream’