depart

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.

   The train departs from platform two at nine o'clock.

2. 2
   verb

   To do something differently from what is usual or expected.

   His latest statements seemed to depart from the party's policy.

3. 3
   verb

   To die (used as a gentle or polite expression).

   He departed this life peacefully, surrounded by his family.

From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).

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