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Definition
a farewell remark (an alternative to goodbye)
- Adieu till then; then fail not.4.2 — Act 4 Scene 2 — Florence. A room in the WIDOW'S house (83% in)
- Use a more spacious ceremony to the noble lords; you have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu: be more expressive to them; for they wear themselves in the cap of the time; there do muster true gait; eat, speak, and move, under the influence of the most received star; and though the devil lead the measure, such are to be followed: after them, and take a more dilated farewell.2.1 — Act 2 Scene 1 — Paris. A room in the King's palace (27% in)
- I have to-night despatch'd sixteen businesses, a month's length apiece; by an abstract of success: I have conge'd with the duke, done my adieu with his nearest; buried a wife, mourned for her; writ to my lady mother I am returning; entertained my convoy; and between these main parcels of despatch effected many nicer needs: the last was the greatest, but that I have not ended yet.4.3 — Act 4 Scene 3 — The Florentine camp (26% in)
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