From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
departed \departed\ adj.
1. past; -- used of time; as, departed summers.
Syn: bygone, bypast, foregone, gone.
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2. dead; as, our dear departed parents. [euphemistic]
Syn: asleep(predicate), at peace(predicate), at
rest(predicate), cold, deceased, gone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Depart \De*part"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Departed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Departing}.] [OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F.
d['e]partir to divide, distribute, se d['e]partir 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.
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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.
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I will depart to mine own land. --Num. x. 30.
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Ere thou from hence depart. --Milton.
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He which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. --Shak.
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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.
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If the plan of the convention be found to depart
from republican principles. --Madison.
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4. To pass away; to perish.
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The glory is departed from Israel. --1 Sam. iv.
21.
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5. To quit this world; to die.
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Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.
--Luke ii. 29.
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{To depart with}, to resign; to part with. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
departed \departed\ n. sing. & pl.
someone who is no longer alive; as, let us pray for the
departed.
Syn: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased,
decedent.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
departed
adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of
foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers";
"relics of a departed era" [syn: {bygone}, {bypast},
{departed}, {foregone}, {gone}]
2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn:
{asleep(p)}, {at peace(p)}, {at rest(p)}, {deceased},
{departed}, {gone}]
n 1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead
person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {dead soul},
{deceased person}, {deceased}, {decedent}, {departed}]
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