departed

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  1. adjective Bygone; past: relics from a departed era.
  2. adjective Dead. See Synonyms at dead.
  3. noun A dead person, especially one who has died recently: The family of the departed remained after the funeral service.

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  • Some amongst you, my dear brethren, have already heard from the lips of one as much my superior as the subject of my discourse was, that a distinguishing feature of the departed was the intensity of his domestic affection. —  Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2
  • Survivors said the vessel had departed from the Somali town of Elayo, west of Bossasso. —  Yemen Observer
  • Before the crowds have departed from the National Mall, the porta-potties been removed, and the jumbo-trons disassembled, the USDA will still be pushing the NAIS down the throat of animal owners, and Congress will be finding new ways to hide pork and pamper special interest groups in legislation that few representatives have even read. —  ChronWatch - Articles
  • Now, as in a deserted house, All dark and silent hath become; The inmate is for ever dumb, The windows whitened, shutters close-- Whither departed is the host? —  Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse
  • After that the whole body was sprinkled with powdered soda Another priest appeared now who explained to those present that the body of the departed was the body of Osiris, that his qualities were the qualities of Osiris. —  The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
 

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departed:   depart ·  departing ·  departs
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