Depart \De*part"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Departed; p. pr. & vb. n. Departing.]

[OE. departen to divide, part, depart, F. d['e]partir to divide, distribute, se d['e]partir to separate one's self, depart; pref. d['e]- (L. de) + partir to part, depart, fr. L. partire, partiri, to divide, fr. pars part. See Part.]

1. To part; to divide; to separate. [Obs.]

--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.

4. To pass away; to perish.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)