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depart

[ dih-pahrt ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to go away; leave:

    She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52.

    Antonyms:

  2. to diverge or deviate (usually followed by from ):

    The new method departs from the old in several respects.

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


verb (used with object)

  1. to go away from; leave:

    to depart this life.

    Synonyms:

noun

  1. Archaic. departure; death.

depart

/ ɪˈɑː /

verb

  1. to go away; leave
  2. to start out; set forth
  3. usually foll by from to deviate; differ; vary

    to depart from normal procedure

  4. tr to quit (archaic, except in the phrase depart this life )
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲd·貹iԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of depart1

1175–1225; Middle English departen < Old French departir, equivalent to de- de- + partir to go away; part ( v. )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of depart1

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

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.
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The departures, as O’Malley said, take place without any effort to have the departing people train their replacements or impart the information they need to take over their jobs.

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"All the departed have returned to Allah's home, I would say. They will be remembered as martyrs accordingly," he said.

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Before he departed, however, he made sure his bat design was within Major League Baseball rules, that limit bats to 2.61 inches in diameter and 42 inches in length.

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This meant Britain departing from the post World War Two consensus that government should control the economy and that instead if you left the markets alone, they would deliver the country greater prosperity and security.

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She was set to depart Accra, the Ghanaian capital, in hours, just after the embassy cocktail party ended.

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