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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

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depart Synonyms

depart

v.

  1. To go away

    go, quit, withdraw; see leave 1.

  2. To deviate; usually used with from

    diverge, turn aside, stray, digress; see deviate.

  3. To die

    perish, expire, pass on; see die 1.


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depart Usage Examples

Object

  • stromness: Hamnavoe departed Stromness at 0900 to arrive in Scrabster at 1030 this morning.

Preposition: at

  • hrs: The ship departs at 14.00 hrs DAY 4 Arrive Budapest 08.00 hrs.

Adjective complement

  • daily: I work at Gatwick and we have loads departing daily.

Modifying Another Word

  • dearly: HENRY We do our best to present the dearly departed in an appropriate manner.

Preposition: after

  • breakfast: DAY 4: Depart after breakfast for the homeward journey.

Preposition: in

  • peace: Al-Welid, touched at the sight, let them depart in peace, and forbade Al-Hajjaj to interfere.

Preposition: from

  • norm: How many others, now lost, departed from the norm?

Preposition: for

  • journey: DAY 4: Time to depart for the homeward journey.

Preposition: by

  • train: You might like to consider ' letting the train take the strain ' and arrive and depart by train.
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depart quotes

CromwellsaidtotheLong Parliament whenhethought it wasno longer fitto conducttheaffairs of thenation,'You havesattoolong hereforanygood youhavebeendoing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!'

-Amery, Leo(pold) Charles Maurice Stennett

You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing.Depart,I say, and let us have done with you.In the name of God, go!

-Cromwell, Oliver

Depart,öbe off,öexcede,öevade,öerump!

-Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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