Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Division; distribution; expenditure.
  • noun Separation; parting.
  • noun Departure; leave-taking.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective prenominal leaving a starting or stopping point on a journey. Opposite of arriving.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of depart.
  • adjective that is leaving
  • adjective while leaving

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