Can I use "derive" as an imperative verb?

>>8631262
I've seen that in math textbooks, in other circumstances it is going to be a bit strange unless it's self-aware

>>8631262
Yup.

>>8631265
Could you elaborate a little more on how it would seem self-aware if you don't mind? I hadn't even thought of math textbooks until you brought it up and legit made me lol

>>8631265
>>8631274
I meant to say on how it could be written as self-aware

>>8631274
I can't write so it's going to be hard for me to make an example for you but something along the lines of a character using the imperative form in a setting where the formal connotations had been previously established, eg. a passage about people being prompted to do things because of obvious prior causes(though not obvious to the characters) eliminating their agency followed by someone asking a group to derive the ethical implications of choosing some option or another. It would have to be a lot more clever than that but that's the general idea i had. If you were really lame you could include the adjective 'tangential' or something

>>8631312
Got it, I now realize it's out of place in my piece, but I still like how it sort of fits :S

>>8631319
i just made up all that, it has nothing to do with reality, feel free to use the word derive however you want

>>8631345
Lol thanks, I changed it to "take a dive" for now.

>>8631319
We can't derive whether your usage is acceptable without further context. Post your piece.

>>8631350
I can't even decide how to finish it, I'm currently going through something and writing is helping me get through it. I'll post it when it's good and ready.