Depart

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A going away; departure; hence, death.

II. Depart ·vi To pass away; to Perish.

III. Depart ·vt To Leave; to depart from.

IV. Depart ·vi To quit this world; to Die.

V. Depart ·vt To divide in order to share; to Apportion.

VI. Depart ·noun Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.

VII. Depart ·vi To Part; to Divide; to Separate.

VIII. Depart ·vt To part thoroughly; to Dispart; to Divide; to Separate.

IX. Depart ·vi To Forsake; to Abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to;

— with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading.

X. Depart ·vi To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to Withdraw;

— opposed to arrive;

— often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination.

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