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What does "depart" mean?

Depart: To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; -- opposed to arrive; -- often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination. I will depart to mine own land. Num. x.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Ere thou from hence depart. Milton. He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. Shak.
  2. 3.To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading. If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles. Madison.
  3. 4.To pass away; to perish. The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv.
  4. 5.5. To quit this world; to die. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. Luke ii.
  5. 6.To depart with, to resign; to part with. [Obs.] Shak.
  6. 7.To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Till death departed them, this life they lead. Chaucer.
  7. 8.To divide in order to share; to apportion. [Obs.] And here is gold, and that full great plentee, That shall departed been among us three. Chaucer.
  8. 9.To leave; to depart from. "He departed this life." Addison. "Ere I depart his house." Shak.
  9. 10.Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.] The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. Bacon.
  10. 11.A going away; departure; hence, death. [Obs.] At my depart for France. Shak. Your loss and his depart. Shak.

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