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departed Definition

de·parted (--id)

adjective

  1. gone away; past; bygone
  2. dead

departed Idioms

the departed

the dead person or dead persons

departed Synonyms

departed

modif.

  1. Dead

    defunct, expired, deceased; see dead 1.

  2. Gone away

    left, disappeared, quitted, moved; see gonegone 1, 2. See syn. study at dead.dead.

departed Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • soul: Through its wisdom he again came into contact with their departed souls and found the strength to pursue their killers when they escaped justice.
  • spirit: To attribute them to departed spirits is unphilosophical as it is unscriptural.
  • friend: Yet he did not cease to mourn for his departed wizard friend.
  • member: Roger Potter our President opened the meeting There was a minutes silence for departed members.
  • sister: I joined the Society in thanksgiving for our departed sister.
  • wife: The last relic of his departed wife, slumped in his chair like spillage from a barrel of tar.
departed Quotes

The departed was a 'Roman', and the majority of the town were otherwiseöbut unionism is stronger than creed. Drink, however, is stronger than unionism; and, whenthehearse presentlyarrived, morethantwo-thirds of the funeral were unable to follow.

—Lawson, Henry Hertzberg