| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| afar |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·far |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -fär |
| ADVERB: | From, at, or to a great distance: saw it afar off; traveled afar. | | NOUN: | A long distance: Tales from afar. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English afer, from on fer, far, and from of fer, from afar, from Old English feor, far. See far.
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