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Definition of Departed
1. Adjective. Well in the past; former. "Relics of a departed era"
2. Noun. Someone who is no longer alive. "I wonder what the dead person would have done"
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Group relationships: Dead
Specialized synonyms: Infernal, Living Dead, Zombi, Zombie
Specialized synonyms: Lazarus
Derivative terms: Decease
3. Adjective. Dead. "Our dear departed friend"
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
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 ..."