De*part" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Departed; p. pr. & vb. n. Departing.] [OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. d'epartir to divide, distribute, se d'epartir to separate one's self, depart; pref. d'e- (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 depart.
Shak.
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.
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De*part", v. 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 departed been among us three.
Chaucer.
3.
To leave; to depart from.
"He
departed this life."
Addison. "Ere I
depart his house."
Shak.
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De*part", n. [Cf. F. d'epart, fr. d'epartir.]
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.
Shak.
Your loss and his depart.
Shak.
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