depart

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.Ere thou from hence depart. Milton. He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. Shak.
3. 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.
4. 4.To pass away; to perish. The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv.
5. 5.5. To quit this world; to die. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. Luke ii.
6. 6.To depart with, to resign; to part with. [Obs.] Shak.
7. 7.To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Till death departed them, this life they lead. Chaucer.
8. 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.
9. 9.To leave; to depart from. "He departed this life." Addison. "Ere I depart his house." Shak.
10. 10.Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.] The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. Bacon.
11. 11.A going away; departure; hence, death. [Obs.] At my depart for France. Shak. Your loss and his depart. Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is ere thou from hence depart. Milton. He which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart. Shak called?
• What is to pass away; to perish. The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv called?
• What is 5. To quit this world; to die. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. Luke ii called?
• What is to depart with, to resign; to part with. [Obs.] Shak called?
• What is to part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [Obs.] Till death departed them, this life they lead. Chaucer called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to leave; to depart from. "He departed this life." Addison. "Ere I depart his house." Shak called?
• What is division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [Obs.] The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. Bacon called?
• What is a going away; departure; hence, death. [Obs.] At my depart for France. Shak. Your loss and his depart. Shak called?