depart
pronunciation
How to pronounce depart in British English:
UK [dɪˈpɑːt]
How to pronounce depart in American English:
US [dɪˈpɑːrt]
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- Verb:
- move away from a place into another direction
- be at variance with; be out of line with
- leave
- go away or leave
- remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- wander from a direct or straight course
Word Origin
- depart
- depart: [13] Depart originally meant ‘divide’. This was the sense of its ultimate Latin ancestor dispertīre, literally ‘separate up into constituent parts’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis-, denoting separation, and partīre ‘divide, distribute’, a derivative of the noun pars ‘part’. It passed into English via Vulgar Latin *dēpartīre and Old French departir, by which time the notions of ‘division’ and ‘separation’ had already produced the intransitive sense ‘go away’.=> part
- depart (v.)
- mid-13c., "part from each other," from Old French departir (10c.) "to divide, distribute; separate (oneself), depart; die," from Late Latin departire "divide" (transitive), from de- "from" (see de-) + partire "to part, divide," from pars (genitive partis) "a part" (see part (n.)). As a euphemism for "to die" (to depart this life; compare Old French departir de cest siecle) it is attested from c. 1500, as is the departed for "the dead," singly or collectively. Transitive lingers in some English usages; the wedding service was till death us depart until 1662. Related: Departed; departing.
Example
- 1. But not all of the hive members depart .
- 2. We won 't live forever we eventually must depart this world .
- 3. Most companies do not last even successful ones rarely survive for long after their founders depart .
- 4. He had driven me to a place in the desert where I would depart from his territory .
- 5. Creator of do not depart where you can receive encouragement and tools to abide in god 's word .