Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-RIV'A-BLE, a. [See Derive.]

1. That may be derived; that may be drawn, or received, as from a source. Income is derivable from land, money or stocks.
2. That may be received from ancestors; as, an estate derivable from an ancestor.
3. That may be drawn, as from premises; deducible; as, an argument derivable from facts or preceding propositions.
4. That may be drawn from a radical word; as, a word derivable from an Oriental root.