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verb

Depart v. t.

1.

To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. (Obs.) "Till death departed them, this life they lead."

2.

To divide in order to share; to apportion. (Obs.) "And here is gold, and that full great plentee, That shall departed been among us three."

3.

To leave; to depart from. "He departed this life." "Ere I depart his house."

Depart v. i. (past & past part. departed; pres. part. departing)

1.

To part; to divide; to separate. (Obs.)

2.

To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; opposed to arrive; often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination. "I will depart to mine own land." "Ere thou from hence depart." "He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart."

3.

To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading. "If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles."

4.

To pass away; to perish. "The glory is departed from Israel."

5.

To quit this world; to die. "Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace."

To depart with, to resign; to part with. (Obs.)

adjective

departed adj.

1.

Past; used of time; as, departed summers.

Synonyms: bygone, bypast, foregone, gone.

2.

Dead; as, our dear departed parents. (euphemistic)

Synonyms: asleep(predicate), at peace(predicate), at rest(predicate), cold, deceased, gone.

noun

departed n. Someone who is no longer alive; as, let us pray for the departed.

Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent.

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Etymology of 'Departed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Departed" Quotes from Famous Books

... for a long time in slavery in various parts of Morocco and Fez, until I was at length redeemed from my state of bondage by a missionary friar who paid my ransom. With him I shortly after departed for Italy, of which he was a native. In that country I remained some years, until a longing to revisit my native land seized me, when I returned to Spain and established myself here, where I have since lived by vending ...

— The Zincali - An Account of the Gypsies of Spain • George Borrow

... quiet man whose unexplained disappearance is the mystery of the countryside. Worse yet, John insists that he will give himself up to the authorities. It is terrible to know one's son a murderer; it is intolerable to think of a Clancy being hanged and of the glory of the name forever departed. She persuades him finally not to tell, but he fears he will, so, when the chance comes, he finds the only way out, the way of peace for his mother and peace for himself. A car driven by a drunken neighbor is threatening the life of a little child playing ...

— Irish Plays and Playwrights • Cornelius Weygandt

... ex cathedra, he departed (January 7th, 1802) for Lyons, there to be invested with supreme authority in the reconstituted Cisalpine, or as it ...

— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose

... of turning when his eyes fell upon a picture that made him start, then gaze more intently. Out upon the placid waters, abreast of the plant, the launch in which Cherry had departed was approaching, and it was loaded down with men. Not only were they crowded upon the craft itself, but trailing behind it, like the tail of a kite, was a long line of canoes, and these ...

— The Silver Horde • Rex Beach

... words "some money," his lips quivered, and a tremor ran through his whole frame, for his thoughts were vividly picturing a recently departed period, when he was under no necessity of asking ...

— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. • Various

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