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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Farewell \Fare"well'\, adjective Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.
Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. --Tickell.
{Farewell rock} (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. --Ure.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Farewell \Fare'well"\, interj. [Fare (thou, you) + well.] Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell.
So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. --Milton.
Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever fare thee well. --Byron.
Note: The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Farewell \Fare'well"\, noun
1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.
2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.
And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. --Shak.
Before I take my farewell of the subject. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
farewell
noun
1: an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting [syn: {word of farewell}]
2: the act of departing politely; "he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow" [syn: {leave}, {leave-taking}, {parting}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "farewell": Godspeed, adieu, aloha, by, bye-bye, conge, departing, departure, doch-an-dorrach, final, good-bye, last, leave, leave-taking, leaving, outward-bound, parting, parting words, send-off, so long, stirrup cup, valediction, valedictorian, valedictory, valedictory address, viaticum
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