2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
departing
adj : that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an
outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: {departing(a)},
{outbound}, {outward}, {outward-bound}]