depart this life

depart this life
   to die
   The implication is that you will arrive in another state of being:
    Things went on smoothly for a dozen years when the old Frenchman departed this life. (Mayhew, 1851)
   The departed are the dead:
    Mary said it was a memorial quilt, done by Mrs Alderman Parkinson in the memory of a dear departed friend. (Atwood, 1996)
   A departure is death:
    This unsound mode of transport would have been her only criticism of William's orchestration of her departure. (Archer, 1979, writing about a funeral)

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  • depart this life — (obsolete) To die • • • Main Entry: ↑depart * * * archaic die * * * depart this life formal : to die My aunt departed this life at the age of 92. • • • Main Entry: ↑depart …   Useful english dictionary

  • depart this life — formal to die. Here lies Henry Stanford, who departed this life January 13th 1867 …   New idioms dictionary

  • depart this life — archaic die. → depart …   English new terms dictionary

  • depart — mid 13c., part from each other, from O.Fr. departir (10c.) to divide, distribute; separate (oneself), depart; die, from L.L. departire divide (transitive), from DE (Cf. de ) from (see DE (Cf. de )) + partire to part, divide, from pars (gen. par …   Etymology dictionary

  • depart — is now used intransitively (without an object) either without any complement or followed by from (a point of departure) or for (a destination). Its use with an object is restricted to the formal or literary phrase depart this life, meaning ‘to… …   Modern English usage

  • depart — [dē pärt′, dipärt′] vi. [ME departen < OFr departir < VL departire, to divide, separate, for L dispartire < dis , apart + partire, to divide < pars (see PART2): orig. vt., to divide] 1. to go away (from); leave 2. to set out; start 3 …   English World dictionary

  • depart — /di pahrt /, v.i. 1. to go away; leave: She departed from Paris today. The train departs at 10:52. 2. to diverge or deviate (usually fol. by from): The new method departs from the old in several respects. 3. to pass away, as from life or… …   Universalium

  • depart — de|part [dıˈpa:t US a:rt] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: departir, from partir to divide ] 1.) [I and T] to leave, especially when you are starting a journey →↑departure depart from ▪ ocean liners arriving at and departing from the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • depart — /dəˈpat / (say duh paht) verb (i) 1. to go away, as from a place; take one s leave. 2. to pass away, as from life or existence. –verb (t) 3. Rare to go away from or leave: to depart this life. –noun 4. Obsolete departure; death. –phrase 5. depart …  

  • depart — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abrupt, abscond, absquatulate, alienate, be consumed, be getting along, be gone, be lost, beat a retreat, beat it, blow, bolt, bow out, buzz off, cast, cast off, cast out, cease, cease to be, cease to exist,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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