Till death departed them, this life they lead.
--Chaucer.
2. To divide in order to share; to apportion. [Obs.]
And here is gold, and that full great plentee, That
shall departed been among us three. --Chaucer.
3. To leave; to depart from. ``He departed this life.''
--Addison. ``Ere I depart his house.'' --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.
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.
The chymists have a liquor called water of depart.
--Bacon.
2. A going away; departure; hence, death. [Obs.]
At my depart for France. --Shak.
Your loss and his depart. --Shak.