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depart

de·part [ di prt ] (past and past participle de·part·ed, present participle de·part·ing, 3rd person present singular de·parts)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb set off: to leave, especially at the beginning of a journey

2. transitive verb leave place: to leave from a place

3. intransitive verb change: to change or vary from a pattern

4. transitive verb die: to reach the end of your life ( literary )
depart this life

[13th century. < French départir "end your life" < Latin partire "divide into parts" < pars "part"]
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