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(ə fär′)

adverb

Archaic at or to a distance

Origin: ME a ferr < a, on + feor, far

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adverb

From, at, or to a great distance: saw it afar off; traveled afar.

noun

A long distance: Tales from afar.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English afer

Origin: , from on fer, far

Origin: , and from of fer, from afar

Origin: , from Old English feor, far; see far

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