Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

departed

· IPA /dɪˈpɑɹtɪd/

01 n. sing. & pl. someone who is no longer alive; as, let us pray for the departed.

1.
someone who is no longer alive; as, let us pray for the departed.

Syn. dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent.

02 adj. past; -- used of time; as, departed summers.

1.
past; -- used of time; as, departed summers.
2.
dead; as, our dear departed parents.[euphemistic]

Syn. bygone, bypast, foregone, gone. — Syn. -- asleep(predicate), at peace(predicate), at rest(predicate), cold, deceased, gone.