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i. [ Th' heauy Water, pronest to descend, "Twixt Air and Earth is able to depend . Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, 1. 7. From the frozen beard IMG:content-2395.png:[blocks in formation] 2 Tim. iv. 6. Sir, I thank you: If noble spirits after their departure Can know, and wish, certain his soul gives thanks too. Fletcher , Wife for a Month, v. 3. It is not the mere absence of man, but the sense of his departure, that makes a profound loneline . Lowell , Fireside Travels, p. 286. 4. Deviation or divergence, as from a standard, rule, or plan; a turning away, as from a purpose or course of action. Any departure from a national standard. Pre scott . The fear of the Lord and departure from evil are phrases of like importance. IMG:content-2396.jpg:[blocks in formation] A subject born in any state May, if he please, depatriate. Mason , Dean and Squire. depauperate (de-paper-āt), v. t.; pret. and pp. depauperated , ppr. depauperating . [ pauper at us , pp. of depauperare (> OF. depau perer = Sp. depauperar = It. depauperare ) , make poor, L. de- + pauper are , make poor, pauper , poor: see pauper and poor .] To make poor; impoverish; deprive of fertility or richne : as, to depauperate the soil. Abjection and humility of mind, which depauperates the spirit, making it le worldly and more spiritual. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 192. Great evacuations, which carry off the nutritious hu Arbuthnot , Aliments. mours, depauperate the blood.