depart

[ dih-pahrt ]

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verb (used without object)

to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.
to diverge or deviate (usually followed by from): The new method departs from the old in several respects.

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

verb (used with object)

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

noun

Archaic. departure; death.

Origin of depart

1175–1225; Middle English departen<Old French departir, equivalent to de-de- + partir to go away; see part (v.)

synonym study For depart

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, especially 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.

Other words for depart

quit

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Opposites for depart

arrive

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Other words from depart

un·de·part·ing, adjective

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How to use depart in a sentence

While it angered fans to see the comic strip depart the funny pages, the animated version gained serious attention.
Aaron McGruder’s ‘The Boondocks’ Returns Without Aaron McGruder | Rich Goldstein | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then he disappeared by the same door through which I had watched him depart less than sixty seconds before.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Zeitz efficiently shows how their lives parallel and depart from the larger story of a rapidly changing America in those decades.
The Battle over President Lincoln’s Legacy | Tom LeClair | February 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
“When V. Asaro attempted to depart in his car, agent observed him drive into a metal pole,” the papers note.
A Goodfellas Sequel: A True-Life Lufthansa Figure Comes to Court | Michael Daly | January 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
So al-Qaeda may well recover in months, not years, after we depart Afghanistan if the pressure on its base in Pakistan dwindles.
Al Qaeda’s Next Comeback Could Be Afghanistan And Pakistan | Bruce Riedel | January 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
I shall soon depart, and practise no more; and my time will become my own—still my own, by no means yours.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
But the essential problem of to-day is to know how far we are to depart from its principles.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
Monsieur de Garnache comes alone, and if I so will it alone he shall depart or not at all.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
At the same instant the landed proprietor rose from his chair, and was about to depart likewise.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV. | Various

British Dictionary definitions for depart

depart

/ (dɪˈpɑːt) /

verb(mainly intr)

to go away; leave
to start out; set forth

(usually foll by from) to deviate; differ; vary: to depart from normal procedure
(tr) to quit (archaic, except in the phrase depart this life)

Origin of depart

C13: from Old French departir, from de- + partir to go away, divide, from Latin partīrī to divide, distribute, from pars a part

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