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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

... painter saw him enter and approach the hostess he rose and glided behind her armchair, murmuring: "This is delightful! There comes that great animal now." Then, making a detour of the apartment, he reached the door and departed. ...

— Strong as Death • Guy de Maupassant

... As soon as Charles departed for his expedition to Algiers, the Netherlands were again exposed to the attacks of his enemies, including Francis I, the King of Denmark and the Duke of Cleves, who had inherited the county of Gelder. This time Mary was strongly supported ...

— Belgium - From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day • Emile Cammaerts

... holy table, and laid the crucifix upon her bosom. Halbert, when his beloved mistress was thus hidden from his sight, threw himself on his knees beside her, and in the vehement language of grief offered up a prayer for her departed soul. ...

— The Scottish Chiefs • Miss Jane Porter

... her,[FN186] and how she won union with Al-Rashid, till the moment when Iblis came to her and brought her to them. They gave not over talking till the sun declined and yellowed and the hour of its setting drew near and the day departed, whereupon Tohfah was urgent in supplication[FN187] to Allah Almighty, on the occasion of the sundown prayer, that he would reunite her with her lord Al-Rashid. After this, she abode with the four queens, till they arose ...

— Supplemental Nights, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... new in the history of the race, that the experiment had never been tried of giving the youth their own way, from the cradle up. It had been taught from very early times that the child, for its own future welfare, should receive correction, and the teaching had never before been departed from. The parents might just as well have put the reins of family government in the hands of the children at once, for this is what it came to in the end. The children, released from all restraint, lost first their respect for their elders, and then ...

— Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World • James Cowan

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