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de⋅part

  [di-pahrt]
Use departing 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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