Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to farewell
Participle: farewelled
Gerund: farewelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | farewell |
| you | farewell |
| he;she;it | farewells |
| we | farewell |
| you | farewell |
| they | farewell |
Perfect
| I | have farewelled |
| you | have farewelled |
| he;she;it | has farewelled |
| we | have farewelled |
| you | have farewelled |
| they | have farewelled |
Past
| I | farewelled |
| you | farewelled |
| he;she;it | farewelled |
| we | farewelled |
| you | farewelled |
| they | farewelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had farewelled |
| you | had farewelled |
| he;she;it | had farewelled |
| we | had farewelled |
| you | had farewelled |
| they | had farewelled |
Future
| I | will farewell |
| you | will farewell |
| he;she;it | will farewell |
| we | will farewell |
| you | will farewell |
| they | will farewell |
Future Perfect
| I | will have farewelled |
| you | will have farewelled |
| he;she;it | will have farewelled |
| we | will have farewelled |
| you | will have farewelled |
| they | will have farewelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | farewell |
| you | farewell |
| he;she;it | farewell |
| we | farewell |
| you | farewell |
| they | farewell |
Perfect
| I | have farewelled |
| you | have farewelled |
| he;she;it | have farewelled |
| we | have farewelled |
| you | have farewelled |
| they | have farewelled |
Imperfect
| I | farewelled |
| you | farewelled |
| he;she;it | farewelled |
| we | farewelled |
| you | farewelled |
| they | farewelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had farewelled |
| you | had farewelled |
| he;she;it | had farewelled |
| we | had farewelled |
| you | had farewelled |
| they | had farewelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would farewell |
| you | would farewell |
| he;she;it | would farewell |
| we | would farewell |
| you | would farewell |
| they | would farewell |
Perfect
| I | would have farewelled |
| you | would have farewelled |
| he;she;it | would have farewelled |
| we | would have farewelled |
| you | would have farewelled |
| they | would have farewelled |
Imperative
| you | farewell |
| we | Let's farewell |
| you | farewell |
Verbs conjugated like 'farewell'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'farewell'
firewall,
foretell,
arcweld,
bewell,
crewel,
fardel,
fireball,
firewalk,
forecall,
foredeal,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fare ye well" and "fare you well" used in the Renaissance), an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) + well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), German Fahrwol, Fahrwohl,
2. East Frisian forwal,
3. Dutch vaarwel (“farewell (sadly)”), Danish farvel (“farewell”), Norwegian farvel (“farewell”), Swedish farväl (“farewell”), Faroese farvæl (“goodbye”), Icelandic far vel (“farewell”). The extensive list of cognates suggests a postulated ultimate Proto-Germanic phrase of origin, possibly something akin to *far wela.
Sample Sentences
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He farewelled viewers with a warm sign-off after each bulletin: "May your news be good news, and goodnight." [2009 February 9, Neil Wilson and staff writers, “Tributes for newsman Brian Naylor and wife, killed in fires”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2009:]