Leaves a place to go somewhere else; also means to differ from or stop following something.
From Latin 'departire' (de- 'away from' + partire 'to divide or separate'), the word entered Middle English describing the action of leaving or separating.
The word 'depart' has a poetic history—it became the euphemism for death ('he departed this life'), so in older literature, death is described using the language of journeys and departure.
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