Definition of depart

• v. i. - To part; to divide; to separate.
• 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.
• 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.
• v. i. - To pass away; to perish.
• v. i. - To quit this world; to die.
• v. t. - To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.
• v. t. - To divide in order to share; to apportion.
• v. t. - To leave; to depart from.
• n. - Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients.
• n. - A going away; departure; hence, death.