Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Depart \De*part"\, v. t.
   1. To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate.
      [Obs.]

            Till death departed them, this life they lead.
                                                  --Chaucer.

   2. To divide in order to share; to apportion. [Obs.]

            And here is gold, and that full great plentee, That
            shall departed been among us three.   --Chaucer.

   3. To leave; to depart from. ``He departed this life.''
      --Addison. ``Ere I depart his house.'' --Shak.

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.

Depart \De*part"\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]part, fr. d['e]partir.]
   1. Division; separation, as of compound substances into their
      ingredients. [Obs.]

            The chymists have a liquor called water of depart.
                                                  --Bacon.

   2. A going away; departure; hence, death. [Obs.]

            At my depart for France.              --Shak.

            Your loss and his depart.             --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

depart
     v 1: move away from a place into another direction; "Go away
          before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
          [syn: {go}, {go away}] [ant: {come}]
     2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: {deviate}, {vary},
         {diverge}] [ant: {conform}]
     3: leave; "The family took off for Florida" [syn: {part}, {start},
         {start out}, {set forth}, {set off}, {set out}, {take off}]
     4: go away or leave [syn: {take leave}, {quit}] [ant: {stay}]
     5: remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
        "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left
        her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate
        after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company,
        she pulled up stakes" [syn: {leave}, {pull up stakes}]
     6: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: {sidetrack}, {digress},
         {straggle}]