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depart
Depart is defined as to go away or leave.
(verb)An example of depart is for a train to leave from the station.
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See depart in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb
- to go away (from); leave
- to set out; start
- to die
- to turn aside (from): to depart from custom
Origin: ME departen < OFr departir < VL departire, to divide, separate, for L dispartire < dis-, apart + partire, to divide < pars (see part): orig. vt., to divide
transitive verb
to leave: flight 10 departs Chicago at 2 P.M.
noun
Obsolete a departure
See depart in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb de·part·ed, de·part·ing, de·parts verb, intransitive
- To go away; leave.
- To die.
- To vary, as from a regular course; deviate: depart from custom. See Synonyms at swerve.
To go away from; leave.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English departen
Origin: , from Old French departir, to split, divide
Origin: : de-, de-
Origin: + partir, to divide (from Latin partīre, from pars, part-, part; see part)
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