Definition of Departed

1. Noun. Someone who is no longer alive. "I wonder what the dead person would have done"

Exact synonyms: Dead Person, Dead Soul, Deceased, Deceased Person, Decedent
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Group relationships: Dead
Specialized synonyms: Infernal, Living Dead, Zombi, Zombie
Specialized synonyms: Lazarus
Derivative terms: Decease

2. Adjective. Well in the past; former. "Relics of a departed era"
Exact synonyms: Bygone, Bypast, Foregone, Gone
Similar to: Past
Derivative terms: Bygone

3. Adjective. Dead. "Our dear departed friend"
Exact synonyms: Asleep, At Peace, At Rest, Deceased, Gone
Language type: Euphemism
Similar to: Dead

Definition of Departed

1. Verb. (past of depart) ¹

2. Adjective. (euphemistic) dead ¹

3. Noun. (euphemistic) A dead person or persons. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Departed

1. depart [v] - See also: depart

Lexicographical Neighbors of Departed

depanelize
depanelized
depanelizes
depanelizing
depanneur
depanneurs
depants
depantsed
depantses
depantsing
deparaffinised
deparaffinized
depardieux
depart
departable
departed (current term)
departed(a)
departee
departees
departer
departers
departest
departeth
departing
departing(a)
departition
departitioned
departitioning
departitions

Literary usage of Departed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1913)
"Bettey the wife of said John Dodge departed this life in Jan. 1767 being 80 years and 12 days old. Patience Rathbun departed this life the 3rd day of Aug. ..."

2. The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated Out of the by Canadian Bible Society (1891)
"43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. ... 4Й And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of ..."

3. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"And on the morn Sir Gawaine departed from the hermit, ... So when Sir Galahad was departed from the Castle of Maidens he rode till he came to a waste forest ..."

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