godspeed

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. ünlem Used, especially at a parting, to express the wish that the outcome of a person's actions be positive for them; typically said to someone who is about to start a journey or a daring endeavour.

   “3 [Citizen]. Neighbours, God ſpeed. / 1 [Citizen]. Giue you good morrovv ſir.”

2. isim The wishing of someone a smooth journey, or success, especially at a parting; (countable) a statement expressing this.

   “Yff there come eny vnto you and brynge not this learnynge⸝ hym receave not to houſſe: nether bid hym god ſpede. For he that biddeth hym God ſpede⸝ is part taker off his evyll dedes.”

3. isim Chiefly in in the Godspeed of: the most important part of something, or point at which something happens; also, the last minute or last moment.

   “But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […]”

4. isim In back of Godspeed: a distant, remote, or unknown place.

   “If I don't leave you at the back of God-speed before long, I'll give you the mare and the horse too.”

5. ünlem Alternative letter-case form of Godspeed.

   “At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's permission which really matters. If she permit you, then godspeed! Tell her I will not interfere. You will go with my blessings.”

6. isim Alternative letter-case form of Godspeed.

   “Mr. C[harles] C[rozat] Converse's new pronoun [thon] of the singular number and common gender has met with a warm welcome from philologists and the press. […] The new word has received a number of godspeeds, some of which we quote.”