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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Depart \De*part"\, verb (used without an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
departing \departing\ adjective 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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
departing
adjective: that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships" [syn: {departing(a)}, {outbound}, {outward}, {outward-bound}]
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