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de⋅part

  [di-pahrt]
Use depart in a Sentence
–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. )

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   (dĭ-pärt')   
v.   de·part·ed, de·part·ing, de·parts

v.   intr.

  1. To go away; leave.

  2. To die.

  3. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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