Farewell

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: Fare=well

CIDE DICTIONARY

Farewell, 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.  [1913 Webster]
" The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry."  [1913 Webster]
"So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear."  [1913 Webster]
"Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever fare thee well."  [1913 Webster]

Farewell, n. 

•  A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu.  [1913 Webster]
•  Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something.  [1913 Webster]

  "And takes her farewell of the glorious sun."  [1913 Webster]

  "Before I take my farewell of the subject."  [1913 Webster]

Farewell, a. 

 Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow.  [1913 Webster]
"Leans in his spear to take his farewell view."  [1913 Webster]

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Farewell, int. & n.
--int. goodbye, adieu.
--n.
1 leave-taking, departure (also attrib. : a farewell kiss).
2 parting good wishes.

Etymology

ME f. imper. of FARE + WELL(1)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Farewell

Departure

N departure, decession, decampment, embarkation, outset, start, removal, exit, exodus, hejira, flight, leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista, stirrup cup, valedictorian, starting point, starting post, point of departure, point of embarkation, place of departure, place of embarkation, port of embarkation, airport, take-off point, taxiing runway, runway, launching pad, spaceport, departing, valedictory, outward bound, whence, hence, thence, with a foot in the stirrup, on the wing, on the move, Int, begone!, farewell!, adieu!, goodbye!, good day!, au revoir!, fare you well!, God bless you!, God speed!, all aboard!, auf wiedersehen!, au plaisir de vous revoir!, bon voyage!, gluckliche Reise!, vive valeque!.