Definition:(noun) drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation(noun) drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline (noun) a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions (noun) (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase (noun) the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian #######" (noun) (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation: `singer' from `sing'; `undo' from `do'
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