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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
depart
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Examples
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But thou departest from us at peep of day and returnest not to us till sundown, wherefore there betideth us extreme desolation.
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Neverthelesse, perceiving how the case now standeth, and considering withall, that youth and affection were the ground of thine offence: to free thee from death, and my selfe from dishonour, before thou departest hence, thou shalt espouse my
The Decameron 2004
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Woe is me! how high art Thou in the highest, and how deep in the deepest! and Thou never departest, and we scarcely return to
The Confessions 1999
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Thou never departest from us, and yet only with difficulty do we return to thee.
Confessions and Enchiridion, newly translated and edited by Albert C. Outler 345-430 1955
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"Thou hast come into the world with all around thee smiling; so live that when thou departest thou mayest smile while all around thee weep."
The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages Roger Thompson Finlay
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Unnoticed thou enterest the world, unnoticed thou departest from it.
The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) Nahum Slouschz 1919
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Woe is me! how high art Thou in the highest, and how deep in the deepest! and Thou never departest, and we scarcely return to Thee.
The Eighth Book 1909
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Around it were inscribed these verses: Consider what thou beholdest, O man; and be on thy guard before thou departest;
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Thou art rich, and what of it in the end? as thou departest, dost thou drag thy riches with thee, pulling them into the coffin?
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902
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Lord, how thou art high in high things and deep in deepness, and departest not ne goest out of the way, and unnethe we come to thee.
The Golden Legend, vol. 5 1230-1298 1900
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