déparquer, v.a., to unpen (of oysters); to unbed.
départ, n.m., departure, setting out; (chem.) parting; (metal.), departure. Être sur son —; to be on the eve of setting out.
départager, v.a., to settle by a casting vote. — les voix, les suffrages; to give a casting-vote.
département, n.m., distribution; department; line, business (province or business assigned to a particular person). Les —s de la France; the departments of France. — des affaires étrangères; foreign-office. — de l’intérieur; home-office. Cela n’est pas de son —; that does not lie in his province.
départemental, -e, adj., departmental.
départir, v.a., to distribute, to divide, to endow, to bestow, to allot, to grant.
se départir, v.r., to depart, to desist, to swerve, to deviate. Il s’est départi de sa demande; he has desisted from his demand. Se — de son devoir; to swerve from one’s duty.
dépassement, n.m., over-extension, excess.
dépasser, v.a., to go beyond; to exceed, to surpass; to outsail; to overreach, to overstep; to be higher or taller; to draw out (ribbons). — ses pouvoirs; to exceed one’s powers. Il me dépasse de trois pouces; he is taller than I am by three inches.
dépâtissage, n.m., sorting (of type).