Derive
Derive verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Usage example: from the summit, he was able to derive his location from the position of several prominent landmarks
Reason and derive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a verb "Derive".
Reason
Reason verb - To form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information.
Usage example: she reasoned that since all of the cakes were on sale for the same price, she might as well pick the biggest one
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Both words in one sentence
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The gift of Apollo (reason without love) lets the people build great wonders, but they don't derive any satisfaction from them and their lives feel empty.
Source: Music / Rush - Bragging Rights Reward: The only conceivable reason Spoony can derive for a minotaur player disregarding the tenet of "Thou Shalt Not Fuck With the Lady of Pain." Break the Cutie: Vampire: Spoony's Jyhad really reads like this, both for his character and him as a player.
Source: Web Video / Counter Monkey -
This bad future looks a little like the bad future of Soul Reaver, but its badness seems to derive mostly from unpleasant weather and the building he time-travels in being abandoned, as well as demons running loose for some reason.
Source: Bad Future
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