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.
⇒ The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry.
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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.
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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.
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