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99%7Exact Match!
verb

• reason by deduction; establish by deduction

• obtain

• obtain from a particular source

• develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

29%8 Derives or obtains from a source
noun

• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

• a passage selected from a larger work

verb

• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense

• get despite difficulties or obstacles

• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)

• extract by the process of distillation

• separate (a metal) from an ore

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

• calculate the root of a number

27%9Obtains long thin strands from plant source
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