Godspeed

[ god-speed ]

/ ˈgɒdˈspid /

noun

good fortune; success (used as a wish to a person starting on a journey, a new venture, etc.).

Origin of Godspeed

1250–1300; Middle English, in the phrase God spede may God prosper (you). See God, speed

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Examples from the Web for godspeed

Before I left I wished them all Godspeed on the dainty journey they were making in their cockleshell.
One Way Out|William Carleton
If you had loved him I should have wished you Godspeed, after a while.
A Little Girl in Old Washington|Amanda M. Douglas
Soldiers ready to lay down their lives to hold the range give it Godspeed when they learn what it wants.
The Last Shot|Frederick Palmer
Then they all bade him godspeed and embraced him; and Sancho, with tears in his eyes, took leave of them.
The Story of Don Quixote|Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

I did not know, when I bade the doctor farewell and Godspeed, that his heart tasted such bitterness as, God grant!
Doctor Luke of the Labrador|Norman Duncan

British Dictionary definitions for godspeed

Godspeed

/ (ˈɡɒdˈspiːd) /

interjection, noun

an expression of one's good wishes for a person's success and safety

Word Origin for Godspeed

C15: from God spede may God prosper (you)

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Word Origin and History for godspeed

godspeed

also God speed, early 14c., "quickly, speedily" (late 13c. as a surname), from god + speed (v.). As a parting salutation, from mid-15c.

Godspeed

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Godspeed

interjection, noun

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