farewell
/fɛɹˈwɛl/ verb C2- To bid farewell or say goodbye.
He/she/it farewells · Past farewelled · Past participle farewelled · -ing form farewelling
Verb forms
- Base form
- farewell
- He/she/it
- farewells
- Past
- farewelled
- Past participle
- farewelled
- -ing form
- farewelling
From the library
He wished to articulate a last farewell, but his tongue lay motionless and heavy in his throat, like a stone at the mouth of a sepulchre.
Farewell, O brother, sister, sire!
But first I must say farewell to my mother.” And he went to the cave where she lived with Father Wolf, and he cried on her coat, while the four cubs howled miserably.
“Ten minutes isn’t very long to say an eternal farewell in,” said Anne tearfully.
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