Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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).

1. Leave; exit; withdraw; go away from; (see Genesis 12:4).
2. Leave for; set off for; go away towards; [fig.] pass away; forsake the earthly existence; (see Zechariah 10:11).