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DEPART
go, go away, depart
(verb) move away from a place into another direction; “Go away before I start to cry”; “The train departs at noon”
depart, take leave, quit
(verb) go away or leave
depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
(verb) leave; “The family took off for Florida”
sidetrack, depart, digress, straggle
(verb) wander from a direct or straight course
leave, depart, pull up stakes
(verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in; “She wants to leave”; “The teenager left home”; “She left her position with the Red Cross”; “He left the Senate after two terms”; “after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes”
deviate, vary, diverge, depart
(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
depart (third-person singular simple present departs, present participle departing, simple past and past participle departed)
(intransitive) To leave.
(intransitive) To set out on a journey.
(intransitive) To die.
(intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
(intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
(transitive) To go away from; to leave.
(obsolete, transitive) To divide up; to distribute, share.
(obsolete, transitive) To separate, part.
Usage notes
The past participle, departed, unlike that of the majority of English verbs, has an active, rather than a passive sense when used adjectivally
• not even a legible inscription to record its departed greatness (Charles Dickens, American Notes, Chapter 8,)
• As soon as they had left, Mrs. Gibson began her usual comments on the departed visitors. (Elizabeth Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter 16,)
• the sky still clung to and retained some lingering skirts of light from the departed day (Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, Chapter 7,)
Synonyms
• (to leave): See Thesaurus:leave
• (to die): See Thesaurus:die
• (to deviate): deviate, digress, diverge, sidetrack, straggle, vary
• (to go away from): leave
Antonyms
• (to leave): arrive, come, stay
• (to die): live
• (to deviate): conform
Noun
depart
(obsolete) Division; separation, as of compound substances.
(obsolete) A going away; departure.
Anagrams
• detrap, drapet, parted, petard, prated, rapted, tarped, traped
Source: Wiktionary
De*part", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Departed; p. pr. & vb. n. Departing.] Etym: [OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. départir to divide, distribute, se départir to separate one's self, depart; pref. dé- (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.
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.
De*part", n. Etym: [Cf. F. départ, fr. départir.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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