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(1):

(v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision.

(2):

(v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

(3):

(v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics.

(4):

(v. i.) A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.

(5):

(v. i.) Act of departing; departure.

(6):

(v. i.) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Department'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/department.html. 1828.
 
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