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Webster 1913 Edition
Depart
De-part′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Departed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Departing
.] [OE.
departen
to divide, part, depart, F. départir
to divide, distribute, se départir
to separate one’s self, depart; pref. dé-
(L. de
) + partir
to part, depart, fr. L. partire
, partiri
, to divide, fr. pars
part. See Part
.] 1.
To part; to divide; to separate.
[Obs.]
Shak.
2.
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. 30.
Ere thou from hence
depart
. Milton.
He which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him
Let him
depart
. Shakespeare
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.
To pass away; to perish.
The glory is
departed
from Israel. 1 Sam. iv. 21.
5.
To quit this world; to die.
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
depart
in peace. Luke ii. 29.
To depart with
, to resign; to part with.
[Obs.]
Shak.
De-part′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.
[Obs.]
Till death
departed
them, this life they lead. Chaucer.
2.
To divide in order to share; to apportion.
[Obs.]
And here is gold, and that full great plentee,
That shall
That shall
departed
been among us three. Chaucer.
3.
To leave; to depart from.
“He departed this life.” Addison.
“Ere I depart his house.” Shak.
De-part′
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
départ
, fr. départir
.] 1.
Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.
[Obs.]
The chymists have a liquor called water of
depart
. Bacon.
2.
A going away; departure; hence, death.
[Obs.]
At my
depart
for France. Shakespeare
Your loss and his
depart
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Depart
DEPART
, v.i.1.
To go or move from.Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire. Matt. 25.
It is followed by from, or from is implied before the place left.
I will depart to my own land, that is, I will depart from this place to my own land. Num. 10.
2.
To go from; to leave; to desist, as from a practice. Jehu departed not from the sins of Jeroboam. Jehoshaphat departed not from the way of Asa his father.