Depart

//dɪˈpɑːt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Division; separation, as of compound substances. obsolete
  2. 2
    A going away; departure. obsolete

    "at my depart for France"

Verb
  1. 1
    To leave. intransitive

    "[…] he that hath no ſtomacke to this feaſt, Let him depart, […]"

  2. 2
    move away from a place into another direction wordnet
  3. 3
    To set out on a journey. intransitive

    "And soo she receyued hym vpon suffysaunt seurte / so alle her hurtes were wel restored of al that she coude complayne / and thenne he departed vnto the Courte of kyne Arthur / and there openly the reed knyghte of the reed laundes putte hym in the mercy of syre Launcelot and syr Gawayne"

  4. 4
    go away or leave wordnet
  5. 5
    To die. euphemistic, intransitive

    "[…] his Tongue, Sounds euer after as a ſullen Bell Remembred, knolling a departing Friend."

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  1. 6
    depart for someplace wordnet
  2. 7
    To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist. figuratively, intransitive

    "For youth departs, and pleasure flies, And life consumes away,"

  3. 8
    wander from a direct or straight course wordnet
  4. 9
    To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform. intransitive

    "His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat."

  5. 10
    remove oneself from an association with or participation in wordnet
  6. 11
    To go away from; to leave. transitive

    "[...] he [...] did pray them only to do no thing against the honor of God, & rather to depart the territories of his empire, then to suffer their consciences to be forced."

  7. 12
    be at variance with; be out of line with wordnet
  8. 13
    To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object) ambitransitive

    "The envelope protection system allows the pilot to maneuver at high angles of attack without the risk of departing the airplane"

  9. 14
    To divide up; to distribute, share. obsolete, transitive

    "and so all the worlde seythe that betwyxte three knyghtes is departed clerely knyghthode, that is Sir Launcelot du Lake, Sir Trystrams de Lyones and Sir Lamerok de Galys—thes bere now the renowne."

  10. 15
    To separate, part. obsolete, transitive

    "Syr knyght[,] said the two squyers that were with her[,] yonder are two knyghtes that fyghte for thys lady, goo thyder and departe them[…]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).

Etymology 2

From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).

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