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Farewell   /fˌɛrwˈɛl/   Listen
noun
Farewell  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." "Before I take my farewell of the subject."



interjection
Farewell  interj.  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." "Fare thee well! and if forever, Still forever fare thee well." Note: The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry.



adjective
Farewell  adj.  Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. "Leans in his spear to take his farewell view."
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.






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"Farewell" Quotes from Famous Books



... suffering, helpless innocence, and an opportunity for benevolence and charity; and in these, with a true theology, he read "a providence of God." That child continued, to the hour when he took his last farewell of his family, beneath his roof, and was an object of affectionate care, and in her amiable qualities a source of happiness to him and his good wife. It is stated that the children, thus from time to time domesticated in the family, called him father, and that ...
— Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II • Charles Upham

... cried Henry. "I myself will go to the Garter Tower to see it done. Farewell for a short while, sweetheart. I will read these partisans of Catherine a ...
— Windsor Castle • William Harrison Ainsworth

... my captor set me down, toppled me over (in plain words) into the thick herbage, and, turning, rushed bellowing, undeviating towards their leaders, till it seemed he must inevitably be borne down beneath their brute weight, and so—farewell to summer. But almost at the impact, the baffled creatures reared, neighing fearfully in consort, and at the gibberish hurled back on them by their flamed-eyed master, broke in rout, ...
— Henry Brocken - His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance • Walter J. de la Mare

... the next morning Franz and Paul had bidden their home people an affectionate farewell and were on their way to meet Fritz, when they saw him coming, knapsack upon his shoulder and leading his dog by a new green cord tied ...
— Pixy's Holiday Journey • George Lang

... within forty miles was received with enthusiasm by both Fred and Lilian Arthurs. But Harris was now consumed with a burning energy; he allowed himself only a precious half-day at the home of the Arthurses, bade his wife an affectionate farewell, and, with a cheery good-bye to the warm friends on the homestead, he was away down the trail to Emerson. By this time the sleighing was gone, and as his wagon was left with the car he rode one horse and led the other, carrying with him harness and such equipment as was absolutely ...
— The Homesteaders - A Novel of the Canadian West • Robert J. C. Stead


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