departed

de-part-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *depart*; left a place.

  2. 2.

    Dead; deceased (euphemistic).

  3. 3.

    A person who has died (usually preceded by "the").

Related words

Antonyms: arrived, came
See also: deceased, depart, departure
Synonyms: deceased, gone, left

Etymology

From Old French departir (to divide, separate), from Latin dispartire. The euphemistic sense of "dead" developed from the phrase "departed this life."