depart |dɪˈpɑːt|

verb [ no obj. ]

leave, especially in order to start a journey: they departed for Germany | a contingent was departing from Cairo.

• (depart from) deviate from (an accepted, prescribed, or usual course of action): he departed from the precedent set by many.

• [ with obj. ] N. Amer.leave (one's job).

PHRASES

depart this life archaic die.

ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French departir, based on Latin dispertire ‘to divide’. The original sense was ‘separate’, also ‘take leave of each other’, hence ‘go away’.