not even a legible inscription to record its departed greatness ( Charles Dickens, American Notes, Chapter 8, ).
The past participle, departed, unlike that of the majority of English verbs, has an active, rather than a passive sense when used adjectivally:
1617, Thomas Taylor, Dauids Learning, London: Henry Fetherstone, Dedicatory epistle, Great is the affinitie of soule and body, neerely coupled and wedded by God, like Husband & Wife, for better and worse till death depart them.
1582, Stephen Batman (translator), Batman vppon Bartholome his booke De proprietatibus rerum, London: Thomas East, Book 5, Chapter 26, “Of the shoulders,” The twisted forkes be néedfull to binde the shoulders, and to depart them from the breast.
1550, Thomas Nicholls (translator), The Hystory Writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan, London, Book 3, Chapter 2, p. 74, Thies be than the causes for the whiche we depart our selues from the Athenyans.
1472, Thomas Malory, “ (please specify the chapter)”, in, book IV, by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786 republished as H Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur, London: David Nutt,, 1889, OCLC 890162034: Syr knyght said the two squyers that were with her yonder are two knyghtes that fyghte for thys lady, goo thyder and departe them.
( obsolete, transitive ) To separate, part.Ī.
1602, Patrick Simon (translator), The Estate of the Church with the Discourse of Times, from the Apostles untill This Present, London: Thomas Creede, “Extract out of the Acts of the Councell of Nice,” p. 102, That Deacons be not preferred before Priests, nor sit in their ranke, nor in their presence do distribute the Sacraments but only minister vnto them, and assist when they do distribute: but when there are no Priests there, in that case they may depart them.
1597, Thomas Dawson, The Second part of the good Hus-wiues Iewell, London: Edward White, Fyrst on that day yee shall serue a calfe sodden and blessed, and sodden egs with greene sauce, and set them before the most principall estate, and that Lorde because of his high estate, shal depart them al about him.
1595, Arthur Golding (translator), Politicke, Moral, and Martial Discourses by Jacques Hurault, London: Adam Islip, Book 3, Chapter 17, p. 458, Then fortified hee his trenches, and departed them in foure quarters, wherein he made good store of fires, in such distance one from another, as are woont to be made in a campe.
1472, Thomas Malory, “ (please specify the chapter)”, in, book VII, by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786 republished as H Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur, London: David Nutt,, 1889, OCLC 890162034: and so all the worlde seythe that betwyxte three knyghtes is departed clerely knyghthode, that is Sir Launcelot du Lake, Sir Trystrams de Lyones and Sir Lamerok de Galys-thes bere now the renowne.
1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 15, An extraordinary joie de vivre had come over them all as soon as the shaky feeling departed from their legs.Ī.
1846, Charlotte Brontë, “The Teacher’s Monologue” in Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, For youth departs, and pleasure flies, And life consumes away,.
( intransitive, figuratively ) To disappear, vanish to cease to exist.
1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 2.29, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.
1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, Act I, Scene 1, his tongue Sounds ever after as a sullen bell, Rememb’red tolling a departing friend.
1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, Part 2, Chapter 4, Distant acclamations, words of command yelled out, and a roll of drums on the jetty greeted the departing general.
1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Chapter 28, Elizabeth saw her friend depart for Port-Bredy.
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 (please add an English translation of this quote)