departed

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de·part·ed

(dĭ-pär′tĭd)

adj.

1. Bygone; past: relics from a departed era.

2. No longer living; dead. See Synonyms at dead.

1. A dead person, especially one who has died recently: The family of the departed remained after the funeral service.

2. (used with a pl. verb) Dead persons considered as a group; the dead.

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departed

(dɪˈpɑːtɪd)

adj

euphemistic

a. dead; deceased

b. (as sing or collective noun; preceded by the): the departed.

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de•part•ed

(dɪˈpɑr tɪd)

adj.

1. deceased; dead.

2. gone; past.

3. the departed, a particular dead person or persons.

[1550–60]

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Noun	1.	departed - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead" infernal - an inhabitant of Hell; "his roar made the infernals quake" living dead, zombie, zombi - a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force
Adj.	1.	departed - well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" bygone, bypast, foregone, gone past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
	2.	departed - dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" at peace, deceased, gone, at rest, asleep euphemism - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

departed

adjective (Euphemistic) dead, late, deceased, expired, perished Departed friends can no longer be replaced at my age.

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departed

adjective

No longer alive:

asleep, dead, deceased, defunct, extinct, gone, late, lifeless.

Idioms: at rest, pushing up daisies.

Translations

verstorben

departed

[dɪˈpɑːtɪd]

A. ADJ

1. (= bygone) [days etc] → pasado

2. (liter, euph) (= dead) → difunto

B. NPL the departed (sing) → el difunto, la difunta; (pl) → los difuntos, las difuntas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

departed

[dɪˈpɑː^rtɪd]

adj (= dead) → défunt(e)

n
the departed (= man) → le défunt (= woman) → la défunte (= people) → les défunts
the dear departed (= man) → le cher disparu (= woman) → la chère disparue (= people) → les chers disparus

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

departed

adj

(liter: = dead) → verstorben, verschieden (geh)

(= bygone) friends → verloren

n the (dear) departed → der/die (liebe) Verstorbene; (pl) → die (lieben) Verstorbenen pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

departed

[dɪˈpɑːtɪd]

1. adj (bygone, glory) → trascorso/a, passato/a; (dead) → scomparso/a

2. n the dear departed → il/la caro/a estinto/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

departed

a. difunto-a; ausente.

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Then they unlocked and opened all the doors and departed.

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Thus Swaran and his warriors departed, and Fingal, calling his men together, set forth to hunt.

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The moment Sophia was departed, Jones advanced in a very suppliant manner to Mr Western, whom the parson held in his arms, and begged him to be pacified; for that, while he continued in such a passion, it would be impossible to give him any satisfaction.

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He revolved a thousand plans by which he should be enabled to prolong the deceit until it might be no longer necessary, and secretly to take his daughter with him when he departed. His plans were facilitated by the news which arrived from Paris.

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While he looked upon the alarming spectacle an Office broke away from the Throng and took shelter in a tomb close to where he stood, the crowd being too intent upon hammering one another to observe that the cause of their contention had departed.

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As soon as they were well away, the Fox departed without taking any notice of the Woodcutter: whereon he called to him and reproached him, saying, "You ungrateful fellow, you owe your life to me, and yet you leave me without a word of thanks." The Fox replied, "Indeed, I should have thanked you fervently if your deeds had been as good as your words, and if your hands had not been traitors to your speech."

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