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fare⋅well

  [fair-wel]
–interjection
1. goodby; may you fare well: Farewell, and may we meet again in happier times.
–noun
2. an expression of good wishes at parting: They made their farewells and left.
3. leave-taking; departure: a fond farewell.
4. a party given to a person who is about to embark on a long journey, retire, leave an organization, etc.
–adjective
5. parting; valedictory; final: a farewell performance.
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Origin:
1325–75; ME farwel. See fare, well 1

Fare⋅well

  [fair-wel]
–noun
Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
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fare·well   (fâr-wěl')   
interj.  Used to express goodbye.
n.  

  1. An acknowledgment at parting; a goodbye.

  2. The act of departing or taking leave.


[Middle English fare wel : imperative of faren, to fare; see fare + wel, well; see well2.]
Fare·well   (fâr-wěl', fâr'wěl')   
The southernmost point of Greenland.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

farewell 
c.1374, from M.E. faren wel (see fare (v.)); usually said to the departing person, who replied with good-bye.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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