depart

depart
I
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To go away]
Syn. go, quit, withdraw; see leave 1 .
2. [To deviate; usually used with from]
Syn. diverge, turn aside, stray, digress; see deviate .
3. [To die]
Syn. perish, expire, pass on; see die 1 .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. leave go, set out, be off, run along, *hit the road, *split, exit, embark, *shove off, *scram, *beat it, pull out, evacuate.
2. diverge digress, deviate, veer, stray, wander, swerve.
ANT.: 1. come, arrive. 2. *stay on the straight and narrow, abide
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To move or proceed away from a place: exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave1, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw. Informal: cut out, push off, shove off. Slang: blow1, split, take off. Idioms: hit the road, take leave. See APPROACH. 2. To cease living: decease, demise, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal: pop off. Slang: check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker), pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See LIVE. 3. To turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct: deviate, digress, diverge, stray, swerve, veer. Archaic: err. See APPROACH, CORRECT.

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  • Depart — De*part , n. [Cf. F. d[ e]part, fr. d[ e]partir.] 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;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • départ — Départ. s. m. Action de partir. Le jour du départ. il estoit sur son départ, c est à dire, Prest à partir. Aprés son départ …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Depart — De*part , 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • depart — Depart. s. m. Terme de Chymie, qui signifie Separation, dissolution de parties heterogenes. Eau de départ. on a mis cet or au départ pour le separer d avec les autres métaux …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • depart — [dē pärt′, dipärt′] vi. [ME departen < OFr departir < VL departire, to divide, separate, for L dispartire < dis , apart + partire, to divide < pars (see PART2): orig. vt., to divide] 1. to go away (from); leave 2. to set out; start 3 …   English World dictionary

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