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Webster 1913 Edition
Good-bye
{
, Goodˊ-by′
,Goodˊ-bye′
}Noun.
or interj.
[A contraction of
God be with ye
(God be wĭ ye
, God bw’ ye
, God bwye
).] Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under
By
, p
rep.
Shak.