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departed |
2 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: departed adj 1: not present; having left "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests" [syn: {away(p)}, {gone(p)}, {departed(a)}] 2: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: {bygone}, {bypast}, {foregone}, {gone}] 3: (euphemistic) "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: {asleep(p)}, {at peace(p)}, {at rest(p)}, {deceased}, {gone}] n : someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {dead soul}, {deceased person}, {deceased}, {decedent}]
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