† discessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Departure.Only in renderings of Acts 20:29: ‘For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.’ (King James version).
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun]
departing?c1225
partingc1300
withdrawingc1315
departc1330
wendingc1330
outpassinga1387
goinga1400
discessc1425
departisona1450
departmentc1450
going awayc1450
departition1470
departurec1515
recess1531
avoidance1563
parture1567
waygate1575
departance1579
exit1596
remotion1608
voiding1612
recession1630
recedence1641
recede1649
partment1663
recedure1712
leaving1719
off-going1727
quittance1757
departal1823
pull-out1825
pull-awaya1829
society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > [noun]
departing?c1225
partingc1300
departc1330
wendingc1330
going-outc1350
goinga1400
discessc1425
departisona1450
departmentc1450
departition1470
departurec1515
recess1531
avoidance1563
parture1567
waygate1575
departance1579
remotion1608
voiding1612
recede1649
partment1663
leaving1719
off-going1727
quittance1757
departal1823
waying1922
c1425 Prose Versions New Test.: Deeds (Cambr.) (1904) xx. 29 (MED) Efter my disses [L. discessionem] schal enter rauischande wolues amonge ȝowe.
c1475 (a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 299 I woot, seiþ poul, þat aftir myn discess [L. discessionem] wolues of raueyn shal come in to þe chirche.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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