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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depart \De*part"\, v. t. 1. To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Till death departed them this life they lead. --Chaucer. 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 --Chaucer. 3. To leave to depart from ``He departed this life.'' --Addison. ``Ere I depart his house.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depart \De*part"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Departed}; p. pr & vb n. {Departing}.] [OE. departen to divide, part depart, F. d['e]partir to divide, distribute, se d['e]partir to separate one's self depart; pref. d['e]- (L. de) + partir to part depart, fr L. partire partiri to divide, fr pars part See {Part}.] 1. To part to divide; to separate. [Obs.] --Shak. 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. --Num. x. 30. Ere thou from hence depart. --Milton. He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. --Shak. 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. --Madison. 4. To pass away to perish. The glory is departed from Israel. --1 Sam. iv 21. 5. To quit this world; to die. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. --Luke ii 29. {To depart with}, to resign; to part with [Obs.] --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depart \De*part"\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]part, fr d['e]partir.] 1. Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.] The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. --Bacon. 2. A going away departure; hence death. [Obs.] At my depart for France. --Shak. Your loss and his depart. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: depart v 1: move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" [syn: {go}, {go away}] [ant: {come}] 2: be at variance with be out of line with [syn: {deviate}, {vary}, {diverge}] [ant: {conform}] 3: leave "The family took off for Florida" [syn: {part}, {start}, {start out}, {set forth}, {set off}, {set out}, {take off}] 4: go away or leave [syn: {take leave}, {quit}] [ant: {stay}] 5: leave home, school, a position, etc [syn: {leave}] 6: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: {stray}, {sidetrack}, {digress}, {straggle}]
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