DEPARTING

Verb

departing

present participle of depart

Adjective

departing

that is leaving

while leaving

Noun

departing (plural departings)

The act by which somebody or something departs.

Anagrams

• pentagrid, petarding, pre-dating, predating

Source: Wiktionary

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DEPART

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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