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depart definition

de·part (dē pärt′, di-)

intransitive verb

  1. to go away (from); leave
  2. to set out; start
  3. to die
  4. to turn aside (from) to depart from custom

Etymology: 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
depart Idioms

depart this life

to die

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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