Mark the departure or retirement of (someone) with a ceremony or party.
‘I farewelled my Scandinavian companions, and departed on a Kodiak boat with the Americans Judy, Hank and Cody.’
‘We drove past it again on Saturday when we farewelled little Harry, David's grandson, and Sally, flying home to Sydney and Colin, after a two week interlude in the Alice.’
‘Like the facts surrounding the crash, they are hauntingly familiar to Hastings teenagers who farewelled four mates weeks earlier, only 2km away.’
‘At 10:30 pm, we farewelled the folks, and backed out of the paddock, onto the network of roads leading to the border.’
‘And I've farewelled Sarah and Jodie who are in the South of France at the moment, I think, with hopes of staying in touch.’
‘Today we see our soldiers being farewelled and welcomed at airports and docks and we also see their upset spouses and their confused children.’
‘His colleagues farewelled him at a dinner and paid tribute.’
‘We farewelled her and walked the dirt tracks to her home.’
‘Mounting the intellectual case after we've farewelled our troops is disgraceful.’
‘The mother's abandonment of the stance of a nostalgic exile is signified by her farewelling her parents at their graveside in Cantonese; she had greeted them on her arrival in Japanese.’
‘Today is also a day to think of those who did return; those many who farewelled dead comrades, and who came home from battle to try to take up ‘normal’ lives.’
‘As her colleagues farewelled her, the suggestions for the future ranged ranged from a career in politics to her own mini-series.’
‘At the age of 11 she was farewelled by her mother and sent to England.’
‘He is a member of the Council who remembers the way he was farewelled in Cairo.’
‘There was hardly a dry eye in the cemetery as we farewelled a friend and relative.’
‘This week was taken up with insane amounts of work and also farewelling a colleague who's off to work in Qatar, the lucky thing.’
‘They are luxurious but, importantly, designed to allow High Commissioners and Ambassadors to slip away quickly to golf courses or tennis courts after farewelling a Minister or VIP.’
‘Matt, Kate and Bree were at the house farewelling her.’
‘Only a little more than a week ago, she had been farewelling her grandmother at the train station.’
‘Morgan farewelled his parents, and dove in the crowd.’
Origin
Late Middle English from the imperative of fare + the adverb well.
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