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depart
[ dih-pahrt ]
verb (used without object)
- to go away; leave:
She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.
Antonyms: arrive
- 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.
Synonyms: quit
noun
- Archaic. departure; death.
depart
/ dɪˈpɑːt /
verb
- 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 )
Other Words From
- unde·parting adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of depart1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
While it angered fans to see the comic strip depart the funny pages, the animated version gained serious attention.
Then he disappeared by the same door through which I had watched him depart less than sixty seconds before.
Zeitz efficiently shows how their lives parallel and depart from the larger story of a rapidly changing America in those decades.
“When V. Asaro attempted to depart in his car, agent observed him drive into a metal pole,” the papers note.
So al-Qaeda may well recover in months, not years, after we depart Afghanistan if the pressure on its base in Pakistan dwindles.
The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
I shall soon depart, and practise no more; and my time will become my own—still my own, by no means yours.
But the essential problem of to-day is to know how far we are to depart from its principles.
Monsieur de Garnache comes alone, and if I so will it alone he shall depart or not at all.
At the same instant the landed proprietor rose from his chair, and was about to depart likewise.
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