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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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... characteristic. My plan being formed, every moment of delay would have been torment; and he, entering into all my thoughts and sympathising with all my wishes, prompted me to follow my bent. It was therefore agreed that I and my companion should depart by one of the coaches which would pass an inn at some distance in the morning. A messenger was accordingly dispatched to take places in the first vacant coach, arrangements for money-matters were made with every possible delicacy ...

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