1. (v. i.) To part; to divide; to separate.

2. (v. i.) 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.

3. (v. i.) 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.

4. (v. i.) To pass away; to perish.

5. (v. i.) To quit this world; to die.

6. (v. t.) To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.

7. (v. t.) To divide in order to share; to apportion.

8. (v. t.) To leave; to depart from.

9. (n.) Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.

10. (n.) A going away; departure; hence, death.

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