v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will depart to mine own land. Num. x. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ere thou from hence depart. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the plan of the convention be found to depart from republican principles. Madison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To pass away; to perish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The glory is departed from Israel. 1 Sam. iv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To quit this world; to die. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. Luke ii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

To depart with, to resign; to part with. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Till death departed them, this life they lead. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To divide in order to share; to apportion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And here is gold, and that full great plentee,
That shall departed been among us three. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To leave; to depart from. “He departed this life.” Addison. “Ere I depart his house.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. départ, fr. départir. ] 1. Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The chymists have a liquor called water of depart. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A going away; departure; hence, death. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

At my depart for France. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your loss and his depart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Divisible. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. past; -- used of time; as, departed summers.
Syn. -- bygone, bypast, foregone, gone. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. dead; as, our dear departed parents. [ euphemistic ]
Syn. -- asleep(predicate), at peace(predicate), at rest(predicate), cold, deceased, gone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who refines metals by separation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who departs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. leaving a starting or stopping point on a journey; as, Departing flights were delayed by the snowstorm. Opposite of arriving. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- outbound, outward, outward-bound. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ F. département, fr. départir. See Depart, v. i. ] 1. Act of departing; departure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A part, portion, or subdivision. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. [ 1913 Webster ]

Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a department or division. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]