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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.)

noun

Depart n.

1.

Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. (Obs.) "The chymists have a liquor called water of depart."

2.

A going away; departure; hence, death. (Obs.) "At my depart for France." "Your loss and his depart."

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Etymology of 'Depart'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... was childish to dislike them; with this God-given peace and understanding one could never be impatient, nor foam at the mouth. He could enter into himself and remove them from him, from her. Some day they two would quietly leave it all, depart to a place where as man and woman they could live life simply, sweetly. Yes, they had already departed, had faded away from the strife, and he was no longer in doubt about anything. He had ceased to think, and for the first moment in his life ...

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... to secede whenever a majority thought proper to do so; and, in another communication, he stated that the Union could not be pinned together with bayonets. General Scott was also at one time in favor of letting the "wayward sisters depart in peace;" and I have heard on good authority that at least one member of the Cabinet and one leading general, appalled by the magnitude of the conflict, were willing to consent to a separation, provided the Border ...

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