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–verb (used without object)

1.	to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.

2.	to diverge or deviate (usually fol. by from): The new method departs from the old in several respects.

3.	to pass away, as from life or existence; die.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to go away from; leave: to depart this life.

–noun

5.	Archaic. departure; death.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME departen < OF departir, equiv. to de- de- + partir to go away; see part (v.)

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—Synonyms 1. Depart, retire, retreat, withdraw imply leaving a place. Depart is a somewhat literary word for going away from a place: to depart on a journey. Retire emphasizes absenting oneself or drawing back from a place: to retire from a position in battle. Retreat implies a necessary withdrawal, esp. as a result of adverse fortune in war: to retreat to secondary lines of defense. Withdraw suggests leaving some specific place or situation, usually for some definite and often unpleasant reason: to withdraw from a hopeless task. 4. quit.

—Antonyms 1. arrive.

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de·part Audio Help   (dĭ-pärt') Pronunciation Key
v.   de·part·ed, de·part·ing, de·parts

v.   intr.

To go away; leave.
To die.
To vary, as from a regular course; deviate: depart from custom. See Synonyms at swerve.

v. tr.
To go away from; leave.

[Middle English departen, from Old French departir, to split, divide : de-, de- + partir, to divide (from Latin partīre, from pars, part-, part; see part).]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
depart

c.1225, from O.Fr. departir, from L.L. departire "divide" (transitive), from de- "from" + partire "to part, divide," from pars (gen. partis) "a part." As a euphemism for "to die" (to depart this life) it is attested from 1501. Fr. department meant "group of people" (as well as "departure"), from which Eng. borrowed sense of "separate division" (c.1735) found in department store (1847). Transitive in Eng. lingers in some senses; the wedding service was till death us depart until 1662.

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depart
verb
1.	move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" [syn: go] [ant: come]
2.	be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate] [ant: conform]
3.	leave; "The family took off for Florida"
4.	go away or leave [ant: stay]
5.	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" [syn: leave]
6.	wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
depart1 [diˈpaːt] verb

to go away
Example: The tour departed from the station at 9 a.m.

Arabic:	يُغادِر، يَنْطَلِق
Chinese (Simplified):	起程
Chinese (Traditional):	起程
Czech:	odjet
Danish:	rejse; afgå
Dutch:	vertrekken
Estonian:	lahkuma
Finnish:	lähteä
French:	partir
German:	abgehen, ab-, *wegfahren
Greek:	αναχωρώ
Hungarian:	elutazik, elindul
Icelandic:	fara, leggja af stað
Indonesian:	berangkat
Italian:	partire

Japanese:	出発する
Korean:	떠나다, 출발하다
Latvian:	aiziet; aizbraukt
Lithuanian:	išvykti
Norwegian:	dra, reise, gå
Polish:	odjeżdżać, odchodzić itd.
Portuguese (Brazil):	partir
Portuguese (Portugal):	partir
Romanian:	a pleca
Russian:	отбывать
Slovak:	odísť
Slovenian:	oditi
Spanish:	partir, salir
Swedish:	avresa, avgå
Turkish:	kalkmak, hareket etmek

depart2 [diˈpaːt] verb

(with from) to cease to follow (a course of action)
Example: We departed from our original plan.

Arabic:	يَنْحَرِف عَن
Chinese (Simplified):	违反
Chinese (Traditional):	違反
Czech:	odchýlit se
Danish:	afvige; bryde med
Dutch:	afwijken
Estonian:	kõrvale kalduma
Finnish:	poiketa
French:	s'écarter de
German:	abkommen von
Greek:	παρεκκλίνω
Hungarian:	eltér (vmitől)
Icelandic:	hverfa frá
Indonesian:	menyimpang
Italian:	allontanarsi da*

Japanese:	それる
Korean:	벗어나다, 이탈하다
Latvian:	novirzīties
Lithuanian:	nukrypti
Norwegian:	avvike, fravike
Polish:	odstępować
Portuguese (Brazil):	afastar(-se)
Portuguese (Portugal):	afastar-se
Romanian:	a se îndepărta de
Russian:	отступать (от)
Slovak:	odchýliť sa
Slovenian:	odstopiti (od česa)
Spanish:	apartarse, alejarse de
Swedish:	frångå
Turkish:	ayrılmak, sapmak

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Depart

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.