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Departed And The Others Returned

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adjective

• being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

• of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages

• at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

adverb

• later than usual or than expected

• to an advanced time

• at an advanced age or stage

• in the recent past

adjective satellite

• after the expected or usual time; delayed

• of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

• having died recently

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

25%7 To be left after others have gone or departed
verb

• finally be or do something

24%4Departed northwards with others
adverb

• and others (`et al.' is used as an abbreviation of `et alii' (masculine plural) or `et aliae' (feminine plural) or `et alia' (neuter plural) when referring to a number of people)

• and elsewhere (used when referring to other occurrences in a text)

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