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depart

[ dih-pahrt ]
/ dɪˈpɑrt /
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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.
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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 FROM depart

un·de·part·ing, adjective
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Words related to depart

abandon, blast off, disappear, escape, evacuate, exit, go, pull out, quit, remove, retire, vacate, withdraw, deviate, stray, veer, abdicate, absent, decamp, desert

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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; varyto depart from normal procedure
(tr) to quit (archaic, except in the phrase depart this life)

Word Origin for 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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