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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Farewell \Fare`well"\, n. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Farewell \Fare"well`\, a. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: farewell adj : of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address" [syn: {farewell(a)}, {valedictory}] n 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" [syn: {leave}, {leave-taking}, {parting}]
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