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▪ I. welcoming, vbl. n.|ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ|
[f. welcome v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of greeting with welcome or of making welcome; a welcome.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 2858 Hys doghtyr was þe fyrste þyng þat mette hym and made hym welcomyng. 1390Gower Conf. II. 255 The king cam with his knichtes alle And maden him glad welcominge. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 14460 Thei..grete the kyng with wordes curteis; And he..thanked sone her wel-comyng. c1440Generydes 392 He came anon withoute taryeng, And curtesly gaue them ther welcomyng. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. clx. 177 And to his welcomyng to Dignon, many ladyes and damosels were come thyder to se hym. 1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Africa viii. 325 For the welcoming of whom [sc. all strangers] they bring up great store of doues, of chickens, and of such like commodities. 1670Milton Hist. Eng. Wks. 1851 V. 24 Elidure..runns to him with open Arms; and after many dear and sincere welcomings, convaies him to the Citty Alclud. 1798Coleridge Anc. Mar. vi. xii, But soon there breathed a wind on me... It mingled strangely with my fears, Yet it felt like a welcoming. 1818Keats Endym. i. 377 Where every zephyr-sigh pouts, and endows Her lips with music for the welcoming. 1836Dickens Sk. Boz, Tuggs's at Ramsgate, Nothing was to be heard but talking, laughing, welcoming, and merriment. 1883Athenæum 17 Nov. 627/1 The spontaneous welcoming of a given book by an audience that is in size and influence a public.
▪ II. welcoming, ppl. a.|ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ|
[-ing2.]
That welcomes or gives a welcome.
1656in Nicholas Papers (Camden) III. 285 Their famous new come preacher, makinge the wellcomming speech in the name of the rest. 1661Boyle Style of Script. (1675) 152 With how much more reason may God expect a welcoming entertainment for the least adorned parts of a Book, of which [etc.]. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 77 The returning husband, and the welcoming wife. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 161 Then as the glad sun breaks the clouds in a shower Tears melt in a welcoming smile. 1876R. Broughton Joan i. x, Wolferstan stepping to meet her, with his low laugh and his welcoming eyes.
fig.1863Kinglake Crimea (1877) III. iv. 350 The happy-looking cottages, with their..welcoming porches.
Hence ˈwelcomingly adv.
1884Century Mag. Nov. 58/2 She..listened welcomingly to Juan's glad promises of the joy that was to be. |