depart
/dɪˈpɑɹt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.67 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To lose control of an aircraft; to "depart" (sense 5) from controlled flight (with the aircraft as the direct object)
Example Sentences
- "[…] he that hath no ſtomacke to this feaſt, Let him depart, […]"
- "The glory is departed from Israel."
- "With very little excuse for departing so abruptly, Ralph left him, […]"
- "She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else."
- "The government maintains that if its regulations are too stiff, British bankers will leave the country. It's true that they have been threatening to depart in droves, but the obvious answer is: "Sod off then.""
- "And soo she receyued hym vpon suffysaunt seurte / so alle her hurtes were wel restored of al that she coude complayne / and thenne he departed vnto the Courte of kyne Arthur / and there openly the reed knyghte of the reed laundes putte hym in the mercy of syre Launcelot and syr Gawayne"
Etymology
From Old French departir, from Late Latin departiō (“to divide”), from dē- (“away from”) + partiō (“part, divide”).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˈpɑɹt/
- British English: /dɪˈpɑːt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
departs (present, singular)
departing (participle, present)
departed (participle, past)
departed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
departed (first person, past)
departest (archaic, present)
departed (past, second person)
departedst (archaic, past)
departeth (archaic, present)
departed (past, singular)