De*part" (?), 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.
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.
De*part", v. t. 1.
To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.
[Obs.]
Till death departed them, this life they
lead.
Chaucer.
2. To divide in order to share; to
apportion. [Obs.]
And here is gold, and that full great plentee,
That shall departed been among us three.
Chaucer.
3. To leave; to depart from. "He
departed this life." Addison. "Ere I depart his
house." Shak.
De*part", n. [Cf. F.
départ, fr. départir.] 1.
Division; separation, as of compound substances into their
ingredients. [Obs.]
The chymists have a liquor called water of
depart.
Bacon.
2. A going away; departure; hence,
death. [Obs.]
At my depart for France.
Shak.
Your loss and his depart.
Shak.
