depart

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To leave.

   […] he that hath no ſtomacke to this feaſt, Let him depart, […]

2. 2
   verb

   To set out on a journey.

   And soo she receyued hym vpon suffysaunt seurte / so alle her hurtes were wel restored of al that she coude complayne / and thenne he departed vnto the Courte of kyne Arthur / and there openly the reed knyghte of the reed laundes putte hym in the mercy of syre Launcelot and syr Gawayne

3. 3
   verb

   To die.

   […] his Tongue, Sounds euer after as a ſullen Bell Remembred, knolling a departing Friend.

4. 4
   verb

   To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.

   For youth departs, and pleasure flies, And life consumes away,

5. 5
   verb

   To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.

   His latest statements seemed to depart from party policy somewhat.

6. 6
   verb

   To go away from; to leave.

   [...] he [...] did pray them only to do no thing against the honor of God, & rather to depart the territories of his empire, then to suffer their consciences to be forced.

7. 7
   verb

   To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)

   The envelope protection system allows the pilot to maneuver at high angles of attack without the risk of departing the airplane

8. 8
   verb

   To divide up; to distribute, share.

   and so all the worlde seythe that betwyxte three knyghtes is departed clerely knyghthode, that is Sir Launcelot du Lake, Sir Trystrams de Lyones and Sir Lamerok de Galys—thes bere now the renowne.

Etymology

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