Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: departed – deportment
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departed, verbal adj. [see depart, v.] (webplay: father, fire, go, God, own, separate, will).
- Detached; distanced by time; lost; absent.
- Gone; perished; separated by death; [fig.] consumed; destroyed; obliterated; reduced to ashes.
- Abandoned; deviated; desisted.
departing, verbal adj. [see depart, v.] (webplay: go, God, lettest, life, own, servant, vanish, will).
- Dimming; fleeing; fading; shriveling; withering.
- Leaving; retreating.
- Expiring; dying; final; (see Genesis 35:18).
department, n. [ME < Fr. département; see depart, v.] (webplay: men).
- Role; duty; function; obligation; office; purpose; responsibility.
- Field; district; domain; province; realm; region; sphere.
departure, n. [OFr departeüre; see depart, v.] (webplay: bestow, go, God, have, men, perish, will, world).
- Leaving; exiting; exodus; withdrawal; act of going away.
- Separation; forsaking; deviation.
depend (-s), v. [OFr depend-re < L. dēpendere, hang.] (webplay: faithful, have, upon, will, would).
Rely; rest upon; [fig.] trust.
dependent, adj. [Fr. dépendant, hang down, depend.] (webplay: faithful, leaf, upon, without).
Conditional; needy; not able to exist or sustain oneself without the power of another.
deplore, v. [L. dēplōrāre, weep bitterly, bewail, give up as lost.]
- Dislike; condemn; criticize; damn.
- Lament; suffer; mourn; grieve.
deploy (-s), v. [Fr. déployer < L. displicāre, unfold.]
Unfold; display; extend; send out.
deport, v. [OFr deporter < L. dēportāre, convey away, banish.] (webplay: before, Let, us).
Behave; comport; transport; carry away; carry off.
deportment (-s), n. [OFr deportement; see deport, v.] (webplay: country, goddess, Let, like, told).
Conduct; carriage; behavior; demeanor; bearing.