depart+this+life

  • 1depart this life — (obsolete) To die • • • Main Entry: ↑depart * * * archaic die * * * depart this life formal : to die My aunt departed this life at the age of 92. • • • Main Entry: ↑depart …

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  • 2depart this life —    to die    The implication is that you will arrive in another state of being:     Things went on smoothly for a dozen years when the old Frenchman departed this life. (Mayhew, 1851)    The departed are the dead:     Mary said it was a memorial… …

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  • 3depart this life — formal to die. Here lies Henry Stanford, who departed this life January 13th 1867 …

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  • 4depart this life — archaic die. → depart …

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  • 5depart — mid 13c., part from each other, from O.Fr. departir (10c.) to divide, distribute; separate (oneself), depart; die, from L.L. departire divide (transitive), from DE (Cf. de ) from (see DE (Cf. de )) + partire to part, divide, from pars (gen. par …

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  • 6depart — is now used intransitively (without an object) either without any complement or followed by from (a point of departure) or for (a destination). Its use with an object is restricted to the formal or literary phrase depart this life, meaning ‘to… …

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  • 7depart — [dē pärt′, dipärt′] vi. [ME departen < OFr departir < VL departire, to divide, separate, for L dispartire < dis , apart + partire, to divide < pars (see PART2): orig. vt., to divide] 1. to go away (from); leave 2. to set out; start 3 …

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  • 8depart — /di pahrt /, v.i. 1. to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52. 2. to diverge or deviate (usually fol. by from): The new method departs from the old in several respects. 3. to pass away, as from life or… …

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  • 9depart — de|part [dıˈpa:t US a:rt] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: departir, from partir to divide ] 1.) [I and T] to leave, especially when you are starting a journey →↑departure depart from ▪ ocean liners arriving at and departing from the… …

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  • 10depart — /dəˈpat / (say duh paht) verb (i) 1. to go away, as from a place; take one s leave. 2. to pass away, as from life or existence. –verb (t) 3. Rare to go away from or leave: to depart this life. –noun 4. Obsolete departure; death. –phrase 5. depart …