Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Depart (departed, departing, -s)
depart (departed, departing, -s), v. [OFr depart-ir < L. dispertīre, divide.] (webplay: cease, die, favor, fire, followed, found, go, God, have, judgments, land, lettest, live, lost, men, now, own, part, peace, place, pleading, thy, way, will, world).
- Leave; exit; withdraw; go away from; (see Genesis 12:4).
- Leave for; set off for; go away towards; [fig.] pass away; forsake the earthly existence; (see Zechariah 10:11).
Return to page 19 of the letter “d”.