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单词 welcome
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welcomen.1adj.int.

Brit. /ˈwɛlkəm/, U.S. /ˈwɛlkəm/
Forms: α. Old English wilcuma ( wilcymo), Middle English wilcume, (Middle English wilkume), 1500s Scottish wylcum, wylcome; Old English wylcume, wylcyme, Middle English wulcume, wolcome. β. Middle English welcume, wel come, welcomen, welle commen, Middle English–1500s wel-come, welcum, Middle English welkum, Middle English–1600s welcom (Middle English Scottish velcom), 1600s well come (1600s Scottish weillcome), 1600s–1700s well-come, Middle English– welcome.
Etymology: Originally Old English wilcuma ( < wil- , will- will, desire, pleasure + cuma comer, guest) = Old High German willicomo , Middle High German and Middle Low German willekome , -kume (whence Old French wilecome ), with subsequent alteration of the first element to wel- well adv. and n.4, and identification of the second with the imperative or infinitive of the verb come, under the influence of Old French bien venu, bien veigniez, Latin bene venisti, bene venias, etc., and possibly of the Scandinavian forms given below.Parallel developments appear in the cognate languages, either with retention of the original form of the first element, and reduction or extension of the second, as in older German wille- , willkum(m) , -komm , German willkomm , Low German willkâm , Middle Dutch willecomen , Middle Low German willekomen (Low German willkamen ), Middle High German willechomen , -komen (German willkommen ), or with substitution of wel- for wil- , as in Middle Dutch wellecome (Dutch welkom ), -comen ; also Middle Low German wolkomen , West Frisian wolkom . It is not clear whether the Old Norse velkominn (Norwegian velkomen ; Middle Swedish vel- , välkomin , Swedish väl- , Danish velkommen ) is an independent formation or the result of Low German and Romanic influence. The occasional Middle English forms in wol- may represent either the southern wul- < wyl- , wil- , or the wol which appears as a variant of wel well adv. and n.4
†A. n.1 One whose coming is pleasing or desirable; an acceptable person or thing.
Obsolete. (Old English only.)
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c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. ix. 290 Me is, cwæð heo, þin cyme on miclum ðonce; & þu eart leof wilcuma [L. et bene venisti].
OE Beowulf 1894 He..cwæð þæt wilcuman Wedera leodum scaþan scirhame to scipe foron.
OE Riddle 8 11 Saga hwæt ic hatte, þe swa scirenige sceadwendwisan hlude on hyrge, hæleþum bodige wilcumena fela woþe minre.
B. adj. In predicative use, passing into adj.
1.
a. Of a person: Acceptable as a visitor, companion, etc.; also in phrase to make (a person) welcome.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > greeted or received with pleasure
welcomeOE
well-received1565
welcomed1826
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > (of a person) acceptable as visitor or companion
welcomeOE
α.
OE Beowulf 388 Gesaga him eac wordum, þæt hie sint wilcuman Deniga leodum.
OE Christ & Satan 616 Ge sind wilcuman! Gað in wuldres leoht to heofona rice.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 289 Biturn þe & cume aȝein. welcume schal þu beon me.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 7982 Mærling þu ært wil-cume [c1300 Otho wilcome].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4253 Wulcume [c1300 Otho Wolcome] ært þu Iulius.
c1300 Beket (Percy Soc.) 1265 For ther nere hi noȝt wolcome: for the schame bifore, And the desclandre of Seint Thomas.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 532/1 Wolcome, exceptus.
c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxvii. 38 Quhen schow growis meik and tame, Scho salbe wylcome hame.
β. a1200 Vices & Virtues 99 Ȝif ðar cumþ ani þoht oðer ani word a godes half hie bieð hire swiðe welcume.a1250 Owl & Nightingale 1600 Vor þan ic am hire wel welcume.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10456 Þe king..vel adoun akne..To þe erchebissopes fet..& sede leue fader wel come mote þou be.c1300 Harrow. Hell (Digby MS.) 150 Welcome, louerd, wel þou be,..fful welcomen art þou ous.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3148 Ȝe ben welcom to me bi crist þat me made.c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 103 Algates wel come be ye, by my fey.1432–50 tr. Higden I. 409 If thei wasche theire feete, thei thenke that thei be welle commen.1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlii. 276 And no creature warned that feste, but alle were welcome.c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxviii. 253 They that gyue are euer welcome.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9392 He..was welcom I-wis to the weghes all.1551 R. Crowley Pleasure & Payne sig. Dv In dede, very many do him entertayne Lyke as there were none more welcome then he.a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. ii. 22 Timo. O Apermantus, you are welcome. Aper. No: You shall not make me welcome: I come to haue thee thrust me out of doores. View more context for this quotation1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 150 And the oftner they come to him, the welcomer they are.1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 83 Since for a little money all are welcom, one may eat as many as he pleases.1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. i. 116 Harlequin..was always welcome on the Stage.1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. iv. 79 Lord Chartley and his friends were right welcome.1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 635 Visitors from abroad..are always welcome.
b. In attributive use.
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1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 901/1 When we shall see them..bee in credit and be the welcomest men in the world which fight against God and his trueth.
1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 408 They..with full Mirth receive the welcome Guest.
1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 240 The kindest host, the welcomest guest.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 Jan. 8/2 A heartily-welcome member of the family.
2.
a. Of a thing: Acceptable, agreeable, pleasing. †to be evil welcome: to be badly received.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]
winsomea900
sweetc900
likingeOE
i-quemec950
lieflyOE
winlyOE
hereOE
thankfulc1000
merryOE
queemc1175
beina1200
willea1200
leesomec1200
savouryc1225
estea1250
i-wilc1275
winc1275
welcomea1300
doucea1350
well-pleasingc1350
acceptablea1382
pleasablea1382
pleasanta1382
pleaseda1382
acceptedc1384
amiablec1384
well-likinga1387
queemfulc1390
flattering1393
pleasinga1398
well-queeminga1400
comelyc1400
farrandc1400
greable1401
goodlyc1405
amicable?a1425
placablec1429
amene1433
winful1438
listyc1440
dulcet1445
agreeablec1450
favourousc1485
sweetly?a1500
pleasureful?c1502
dulcea1513
grate1523
prettya1529
plausible1541
jolly1549
dulcoratec1550
toothsome1551
pleasurable1557
tickling1558
suavec1560
amenous1567
odoriferous?1575
perfumed1580
glada1586
tickle1593
pleasurous1595
favoursome1601
dulcean1606
gratifying1611
Hyblaean1614
gratulatea1616
arrident1616
solacefula1618
pleasantable1619
placid1628
contentsome1632
sapid1640
canny1643
gustful1647
peramene1657
pergrateful1657
tastefula1659
complacent1660
placentiousa1661
gratifactorya1665
bland1667
suavious1669
palatable1683
placent1683
complaisant1710
nice1747
tasty1796
sweetsome1799
titbit1820
connate1836
cunning1843
mooi1850
gemütlich1852
sympathique1859
congenial1878
sympathetic1900
sipid1908
onkus1910
sympathisch1911
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > unpopularity > be unpopular [verb (intransitive)]
to be evil welcome1579
a1300 Cursor Mundi 24819 His presand welcum was and he, Als bringand wont was to be.
c1460 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Laud) l. 10276 Thyne offeryng heþer is welcome.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1799/2 As for death, if it come welcome be it.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 69/2 Dogs that barke against the seruants of God, seeking nothing so much as to..cause their doctrine to be euill welcome.
1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea i. 47 Knowing a full Relation will come the welcommest to me.
1657 in M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family Commonwealth (1894) 304 A few instructions would have beene welcome.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 15 Apr. 9 Praise is not so welcome to the Idler as quiet.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 162 I think fetters of gold are like no other fetters—they are ever the weightier the welcomer.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. ix. 68 This letter was by no means welcome.
1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. i. 10 Human Portraits, faithfully drawn, are of all pictures the welcomest on human walls.
Phrases.a1598 D. Fergusson Sc. Prov. (1641) sig. C4v Of untymous persons. He is as welcome as water in a rivin ship. He is as welcome as snaw in harvest.1659 J. Howell Prov. Eng. Toung 11/1 in Παροιμιογραϕια As welcome as water into ones shoes. As welcome as Flowers in May.1671 T. Hunt Abecedarium Scholasticum 28 90 As welcome as Snow in the Harvest.
b. In attributive use.
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 189v Till the Swallow with her appearing, promise a welcomer season.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. i. 66 And he hath brought vs smothe and welcom newes. View more context for this quotation
a1640 F. Beaumont et al. Loves Cure v. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Sssss5/2 Why this..will be A wel-comer present to our Master Philip Then the returne from his Indies.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxvii. 309 The People, upon a very well-come Occasion testified their Joy by numerous Bon-fires.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 208 The Trojans, worn with Toils, and spent with Woes, Leap on the welcome Land.
1760 F. Fawkes tr. Anacreon Odes in tr. Anacreon Wks. Introd. p. vi A Person of Anacreon's Character must..meet with a welcome Reception wherever Wit and Pleasure were esteemed.
1839 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation (1863) 49 Port and bacon would prove a most welcome addition to their farinaceous diet.
1916 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 686 There are many other welcome signs of the drawing together of the Churches.
3.
a. Freely permitted or allowed, cordially invited, (to do or to have something).
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > permitted or allowed > freely permitted
welcomea1400
liberal1530
a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 3822 He bad them say, That thai war welkum alway To soiorn in that same cetè.
c1400 Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) ii. 1924 To get þat golde..Thai said he suld be richt welcume.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 71 Forsuith thow suld be wel-cum to pas hame with me.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 43 They were very welcome, if they thought fit, to go.
1729 P. Walkden Diary 11 Sept. (1866) (modernized text) 40 I told him he was welcome to have the lend of it till Martinmas.
1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxv. 229 You're very welcome to pass another night here.
1861 Palmerston in Autob. Ld. C. Paget (1896) Pref. p. vii I must have 20 or 24 Iron-cased ships—you are quite welcome to have 40 or 48.
1882 ‘E. Lyall’ Donovan xviii He's welcome to call me what he pleases.
b. and welcome, added to a statement to imply: And he is (you are, etc.) freely permitted or cordially invited to do so, to have it, or the like.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [phrase] > freely permitted
and welcome1491
be my guest1955
1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 22 Preamble He may suerly comme hedir and welcome.
1550 J. Heywood Hundred Epigrammes xxxix. sig. Bvv So lo: now eate and welcome neighbour (quoth he).
1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles viii. 23 1.Lord. Lord Hellicane, a word. Hell. With mee? and welcome happy day, my Lords. View more context for this quotation
1755 Man No. 39. 5 And if this be done, let them judge and welcome.
1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 136 On the continent let them use the scythe and welcome, because there their weather is not so unsettled as ours.
1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 75 Here are some cakes;..take 'em, and welcome.
1869 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1871) 2 Burgoyne may surrender and welcome.
c. Freely offered or open to all.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [adjective] > offered > freely offered to all
welcome1772
unreserved1828
1772 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1774) 364 My hall was filled with my friends and kindred:..and hecatombs of beeves and deer covered my rude but welcome tables.
d. you are (or you're) welcome: a polite formula used in response to an expression of thanks.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > expressions of thanks [phrase] > dismissal of thanks
(it is) my pleasure1950
think nothing of it1950
you are (or you're) welcome1960
1907 W. W. Jacobs Short Cruises ii. 34 ‘Thank you,’ said the girl, with a pleasant smile. ‘You're quite welcome,’ said the skipper.]
1960 Times 14 Sept. 12/7 The coloured lift attendant in South Carolina who had that attractive way of saying, almost singing, ‘You're welcome’ whenever we thanked her.
1977 P. Dickinson Walking Dead i. iv. 55 ‘Thanks,’ said Foxe..‘You're welcome,’ said Dreiser.
1980 A. E. Fisher Midnight Men viii. 93 He dialled Directory Enquiries and asked the girl if she had a number. She gave him one and told him he was welcome.
e. you are welcome (to something): said ironically of something one is glad to be without.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > [phrase] > you are welcome (to something)
you are welcome (to something)1937
1937 A. Thirkell Summer Half i. 10 ‘Fine Old English Gentlemen,’ said the applicant enthusiastically. ‘You are welcome to him.’
1969 J. N. Smith Is he Dead, Miss ffinch? xviii. 118 My Uncle Len and Aunty Marge live there in a caravan. (They're welcome.)
C. int.
1.
a. Used in the vocative as a form of address to a visitor or guest; hence as int., serving as an expression of good will or pleasure at the coming of a person. (Sometimes addressed to a thing personified or quasi-personified.)
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of welcome
welcomec890
to be well meta1470
well-met1522
welcome aboard1962
α.
c890 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 276 He ongan..þus cweþan: ‘wilcuman la, mine hlafordas, wilcuman la, mine hlafordas!’
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxv. 23 Euge, wilcymo.
c1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 191/13 Euax, wilcume.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11220 Wulcume sire Arður wilcume lauerd [c1300 Otho wolcome].
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 108 Tak me be the hand, Welcum, my golk of Marie land.
1568 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 187 Fair weill my place..and wylcum [?a1505 welcome] woddis wyld.
β. ?c1190 Reginald of Durham Libellus de Vita et Miraculis S. Godrici (1847) 306 Dixit enim hæc verba Anglica..‘Welcume, Simund; welcume, Simund.’a1240 Sawles Warde in Old Eng. Hom. I. 259 A seið warschipe, welcume, liues luue.1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xii. 62 Al hayl, quod on þo, and I answered, welcome and with whom be ȝe.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8168 Alsuith sum he þat king had knaun, He said, ‘sir welcum to þin aun’.a1450 Mirk's Festial 222 Welcom, my swete son and cosyn.a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciii What whom haue we here Jenkyn Joly Nowe welcom by the god holy.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Welcome euen with all my herte, optato aduenisti.1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 90 Faire Princesse, Welcome to the court of Nauar. View more context for this quotation1656 A. Cowley Misc. 31 in Poems Welcome learn'd Cicero, whose blest Tongue and Wit Preserves Romes greatness yet.1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. i Wellcome! thou worthy partner of my laurels.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 118 Welcome, welcome, Moses; well, my boy, what have you brought us from the fair?1842 T. B. Macaulay Horatius in Lays Anc. Rome 68 Now welcome, welcome, Sextus! Now welcome to thy home!1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard ii. i. 76 Look, Here come my riddle-readers. Welcome all.1879 Ld. Tennyson Falcon (1884) 105 Welcome to this poor cottage, my dear lady.
b. to bid, wish (a person) welcome (home): to tell (him) that he is gladly received (home or as a guest, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome
welcomec1000
faina1300
to make joyc1300
to bid welcomea1400
to bid, wish (a person) welcome (home)a1400
gratulate?1567
bewelcome1582
greet1608
to give (someone) the glad hand1895
glad-hand1895
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 15060 Þe resceyues þine awen folk & biddis welcome hame [Gött. and biddes þe welcum hame].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 178 Wife, bid these gentlemen welcome: come, we haue a hot Venison pasty to dinner. View more context for this quotation
1720 N. Blundell Diary (1895) 162 My Wife sent Ned Howerd to Wooton to wish my Lady well-come-home.
c. The word ‘welcome’ displayed in letters.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > welcome > word displayed in letters
welcome1872
1872 March. Dufferin Canad. Jrnl. (1891) 42 The rooms were ornamented with ‘welcomes’ and wreaths of maple.
d. welcome aboard phr. said (in allusion to nautical usage) as a jocular greeting to someone joining a particular group, enterprise, etc.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of welcome
welcomec890
to be well meta1470
well-met1522
welcome aboard1962
1962 J. D. MacDonald Key to Suite ii. 28 He put Hubbard's material in the envelope, hesitated, then scrawled across the front of it, ‘Welcome aboard!’
1970 J. Sangster Touchfeather, Too iii. 79 We headed across the cool green lawn to the clubhouse... I was introduced to the manager..[who] had once served..in the navy. ‘Welcome aboard, Miss Touchfeather,’ he said.
1977 ‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy v. 111 ‘Welcome aboard,’ said Guillam... They had reached the fifth floor.
2. †welcome to our house, a name for the Cypress Spurge, Euphorbia Cyparissias. Also welcome-home-husband.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun]
catapucec1386
Euphorbiaa1398
spurgea1400
tithymala1400
faitour's grassc1440
cat's-grassc1450
nettlewort1523
essell1527
lint-spurge1548
sea wartwort1548
spurge thyme1548
line-spurge1562
myrtle spurge1562
sun spurge1562
wolf's-milk1575
cypress tithymal1578
devil's milk1578
mercury1578
sea-spurge1597
sun tithymal1597
welcome to our house1597
wood-spurge1597
Euphorbium1606
milk-reed1611
milkwort1640
sun-turning spurge1640
spurge-wort1647
caper-bush1673
Portland spurge1715
milkweed1736
Medusa's head1760
little-good1808
welcome-home-husband1828
three-seeded mercury1846
cat's-milk1861
turnsole1863–79
mole-tree1864
snow-on-the-mountain1873
seven sisters1879
caper-plant1882
asthma herb1887
mountain snow1889
crown of thorns1890
olifants melkbos1898
1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 407 The fift [is called in English] Cypresse Spurge, or among women, Welcome to our house.
1665 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια (ed. 2) 465 Welcome to our house, see Cypres spurge.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Welcome-home-husband, Cypress Spurge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

welcomen.2

Brit. /ˈwɛlkəm/, U.S. /ˈwɛlkəm/
Etymology: < welcome n.1 or welcome v.1 Compare Dutch welkom, German willkomm, Middle High German willekum.
1.
a. An assurance to a visitor or stranger that he or she is welcome; a pleasant or hearty greeting or reception given to a person on arrival at a house or other place. to outstay, or overstay, one's welcome: see the verbs.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > welcome
welcoming1303
bienvenue1393
bel-accoilc1400
welcome1525
receipt1533
gratulation1589
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Chron. (1812) II. 433 She had neuer before ben at Parys, therfore the burgesses of Parys gaue her her welcome [Fr. Si luy deuoient les bourgeois de Paris sa bien venue].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 113 And to thee, and thy Company, I bid A hearty welcome . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 549 Me thinkes I see Leontes opening his free Armes, and weeping His Welcomes forth. View more context for this quotation
1649 J. Taylor Wandering 15 A house..where I tooke a welcome, a supper and a bed, till the next morning.
1703 Earl of Orrery As you find It ii. i. 20 I'll promise you nothing but an English-Dinner, and an English-Welcome.
1757 J. Dyer Fleece i. 10 The little smiling cottage, where at eve He meets his rosy children at the door, Prattling their welcomes.
1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. vii. 96 Warm was his welcome to the haunts of men.
1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xiv. 242 That he was the friend beloved by Everard, was sufficient to insure him a welcome from Evelyn.
1847 M. Howitt Ballads 144 Then the abbot he prayed them all be still, And let their welcomes wait.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §6. 145 The welcome of the townsmen made up..for the ill-will..of both clergy and monks.
b. transferred (esp. with adjectives.) A greeting or reception of an unpleasant or unsatisfactory nature.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > unpleasant greeting or welcome
welcome1548
Jack Drum's entertainment1577
unwelcoming1838
sneck posset1876
the frozen mitt1903
unwelcome1912
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxviiiiv But when they aproched the toune, the artillarie beganne to shote... This welcome semed very straunge to kyng Edward ponderynge together yestardayes promise, and two dayes doynge.
c1600 T. Pont Topogr. Acc. Cunningham (Maitland Club) 10 Bot Vallace with a veill armed companey gifs them a very hote uelcome.
1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. xii. 78 The Invaders finding so ill a welcome, returned.
1725 P. Walkden Diary 8 Feb. (1866) (modernized text) 11 We..then went on to Mr. Jolly's, where we met but with a cold welcome.
†c. A special award in a lottery, made to the persons first drawing lots or blanks on the opening day or on each of the subsequent days. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > lottery or raffle > [noun] > prize
lot1567
prize1567
welcome1567
lotterya1616
benefit1694
tern1856
rollover1981
1567 Proclam. Gen. Lottery (Arch. Bodl.) F. c. 11, f. 108 The first person to whome any Lot shall happen, shal haue for his welcome..the value of fiftie poundes sterling.
1567 Proclam. Gen. Lottery (Arch. Bodl.) F. c. 11, f. 108 The Second..shall haue..for his welcome..thirtie pounds.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 118 Welcomes. To him that first shall be drawne out with a blanke, 100 Crownes.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia iv. 119 The prizes, welcomes, and rewards, shall be payed in ready Mony, Plate, or other goods.
2. welcome home.
a. Entertainment provided to celebrate the return home of a person; also, expressions of greeting made at a person's homecoming. Also transferred. Also frequently attributive.
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society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > for those returning home
welcome home1531
1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. cxv As when we call one that is new come home to breakefast & sett a capon before him and saye, this is youre wellcome home.
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 296 She had good prouision of embracings, & wanton toyes, to feast him at his welcome home.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 776 Sylla of Carthage, upon my returne to Rome, after I had bene long absent, invited me to a supper for my welcome home.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 186 Our little inch of time-suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome-home to heaven.
1680 Lady Russell Let. 6 Mar. (1807) 3 I am very earnest to hear,..how my brother is after his journey, and melancholy welcome home.
1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate ii I hope Madeleine has not forgotten my fire,’ murmured Miss Riddell, as she walked..down the Champs Elysées. ‘Such evenings as these one wants a welcome home.’
1955 B. Pym Less than Angels vi. 71 We aren't getting on very fast with your welcome-home party.
1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 32 He would take the creature up to the Musaka's and ask Miriamu to prepare it as a special ‘welcome home’ supper for Yosefu.
1974 M. Birmingham You can help Me viii. 178 It gives me the chance to be part of your welcome-home committee.
b. Scottish. (See quots.)
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society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > house-warming
infare1487
house-warming1577
warming of the house1650
house-heating1792
welcome home1808
fire kindling1825
house-warmer1901
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Welcome-haim, the repast presented to a bride, when she enters the house of a bridegroom.
1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Nov. 415/1 On Monday evening, just about gloamin, the husbands and wives of the village assemble at the house of the newly-married couple, to celebrate the welcome hame, by a good drink and funny crack.
c. dialect. A bell tolled on the occasion of a person's death. Also transferred.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > bell > passing-bell
passing bell1526
passing peal1533
forthfare1551
death bell1554
soul bell1599
welcome home1878
1878 F. Kilvert Jrnl. 25 Dec. (1977) 328 The Welcome Home, as it chimed softly and slowly to greet the little pilgrim coming to his rest, sounded bleared and muffled through the thick snowy air.
1948 F. Thompson Still glides Stream xii. 226 It was a small, homely procession which..accompanied Reuben on the last of his many journeys. The silvery sweet strain of a robin threaded the silence. ‘The welcome home!’ said Mrs. Finch.
3. Hearty or hospitable reception of a stranger or guest.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > welcome > hearty reception of stranger or guest
welcomea1616
cead mile failte1806
the frozen mitt1903
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. i. 101 Go sirra, take them to the Butterie, And giue them friendly welcome euerie one. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 26 Small cheere and great welcome, makes a merrie feast. View more context for this quotation
1641 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 39 It will much depend uppon what assurance of welcome we shall have from home in more then beare words.
1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church I. v. 254 Edilwalch, king of Sussex, received him with welcome.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 21 A youth, that following with a costrel bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine.
1879 Ld. Tennyson Falcon (1884) 105 And welcome turns a cottage to a palace.
4. A welcoming salute. Also attributive.
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society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > gun fired as signal > [noun] > specific
welcome1615
alarm gun1706
minute-gun1728
larum gun1757
1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 63 The Duch envited the King of Firando abord their ship, and gave hym 3 pec. ordinance for a wellcom.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. ix. 31 The gunner held his linstock yare, For welcome-shot prepar'd.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. x. 31 The cannon from the ramparts glanced, And thundering welcome gave.
†5. powder of welcome, a medicament for the eyes.The origin is obscure: welcome is merely a rendering of the name used in the original Latin of the quot. ?1541, viz. pulvis benvenuti. Cf. Treasure of Poore Men (1540) 8 ‘Of pouder called Bonauenture’.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > powder > [noun] > specific powders
powder of welcome?1541
dredge-powder1597
smeddum1828
stomach powder1911
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations for treating specific parts > [noun] > for the eyes
eye salveeOE
collyrie1382
collyriuma1398
oculus lucidusc1425
powder of welcome?1541
collyre1562
eye-water?1593
ophthalmic1650
celestial water1739
eye lotion1797
eserine1879
homatropine1880
eye drop1938–9
tropicamide1961
?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Yjv Fyfthly is put the powdre of welcome, of myne owne makynge for all spottes of the eyes.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.
welcome mat n. U.S. colloquial a mat put out to greet welcome visitors; chiefly used in figurative phrases to indicate a friendly welcome (cf. red carpet n.).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > welcome > mat
welcome mat1951
1951 I. Asimov Foundation (1953) ii. v. 73 I certainly don't intend to lay down the welcome mat.
1963 M. McCarthy Group iii. 50 I can only ask you to come here whenever you're in town. The welcome mat will be out.
1978 R. Nixon Mem. 622 The door will not only be open—I've been weaving a welcome mat.
welcome song n. spec. the first ode composed by Purcell (see quots.).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > specific song
Greensleeves1584
loath to depart1584
up tails all1601
welcome song1681
Lillibullero1688
Hallelujah Chorus1775
alleluia chorus1819
knees up, Mother Brown1939
1681 H. Purcell (title of song) A Welcome Song in the year 1681 for the King.
1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 47/1 In 1680..[Purcell] produced the first of his numerous odes, viz. ‘An Ode or Welcome Song for his Royal Highness [the Duke of York] on his return from Scotland’.
1942 E. Blom Mus. in Eng. vi. 104 Purcell in his birthday-ode and welcome-song mood.
welcome wagon n. North American a car bringing gifts and samples from local merchants to newcomers in a community; also figurative.
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1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Welcome wagon.
1970 A. Toffler Future Shock vi. 94 We have in many American suburbs a commercial ‘Welcome Wagon’ service that accelerates the process by introducing newcomers to the chief stores and agencies in the community.
1971 H. T. Walden Anchorage Northeast 13 The welcome-wagon type of hospitality is not here.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Jan. 4/3 He was never serious about moving to America, fearing perhaps that the American welcome wagon, by killing his habit of resentment with kindness and pelf, might stultify his..literary gifts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

welcomev.1

Brit. /ˈwɛlkəm/, U.S. /ˈwɛlkəm/
Forms: α. Old English ( ge)wilcumian, wylcumian, Middle English wilcumen, wulcumen, wolcume, Middle English wolcome. β. Old English wellcumian, Middle English welcumien, Middle English welcumen, Middle English welcum, welkum (Middle English whellcwm, Scottish velcum); Middle English welcome (1500s–1600s past tense welcommed).
Etymology: Originally Old English wilcumian , < wilcuma welcome n.1, with later alteration of the first element in the same way as in the noun.
1.
a. transitive. To greet (a person) with ‘welcome!’; to receive (a visitor) gladly and hospitably; to accord a friendly reception to; to make welcome.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > be sociable [verb (transitive)] > indicate one is acceptable visitor or companion
welcomec1000
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome
welcomec1000
faina1300
to make joyc1300
to bid welcomea1400
to bid, wish (a person) welcome (home)a1400
gratulate?1567
bewelcome1582
greet1608
to give (someone) the glad hand1895
glad-hand1895
α.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 47 Gif ge þæt an doð þæt ge eowre gebroðra wylcumiaþ.
c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints iii. 507 And basilius sende sona him to-geanes and hine wylcumode.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 440 Þe lilie mid hire faire wlite wolcomeþ [Jesus MS. welcumeþ] me.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8533 Þe king..ut him gon ride..to wulcumen Mærlin.
c1300 Beket (Percy Soc.) 690 That folc to him drouȝ And wolcome him and makede feste.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4290 Worþili hire he wolcomed wen he hire mette.
β. c1000 in Englische Studien 8 478 Ðæt folc..wellcumiaþ Fenix.c1160 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Hatton) v. 47 Gyf ge þæt an doð þæt ge eowre gebroðre welcumieð.c1290 Beket 696 in S. Eng. Leg. 126 Þat folk sone to him drovȝ And welcomeden him.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1396 Laban cam to ðat welle ner, Faiger welcumede he ðer eliezer.c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 849 Criseyde, at shorte wordes for to telle, Welcomed him, and doun by hir him sette.a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 3850 Dame, in hert I am sary, That we haue noght al ful plenti, To welkum swilk a lord als he.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4015 He welcumd iacob selli fair, He wist he was his fader air.c1400 Rule St. Benet (verse) 2411 For to welcum with wordes fre Euyr-ilk man in þer degre.a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxv. 447 [They ride] till thei come to logres the thirde day, and ther were thei richely welcomed.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 779/1 I welcome with wordes or gentyll intreatyng. Je bienuiengne.1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. D.i Then welcome thy haruest folke, seruauntes and all: with mirth and good chere, let them furnish thine hall.1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 49 The yoong emperour..welcomed him full sore against his will.1659 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1920) IV. 130 Almost euery body would welcome the King and not a few expect him.1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xv. 84 True friendship's laws are by this rule exprest, Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.1734 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. ii. 160 For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 195 He would have found that the nation was not yet prepared to welcome an armed deliverer from a foreign country.1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §6. 405 The exiled merchants of Antwerp were welcomed by the merchants of London.
b. Const. to, into (a place). Also with adverbs of place, as ashore, back, up; esp. to welcome home.
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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5465 He nom forð-rihtes. six wise cnihtes to Custance heom sende. & wilcumede [c1300 Otho wilcomede] hine to londe.
a1380 S. Bernard 1039 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 58/2 Þe erchebisshop aȝein him sent A worþi clerk of good entent, Him to welcome curteisliche In to þat ilke bisschopriche.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15060 Þe receiues þin aun folk, And welcums þe hame.
a1450 Mirk's Festial 115 Welcomyng hym wyth songe into þe chirch, as þay welcomet hym syngyng into þe cyte of Ierusalem.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 370 And there they hull, expecting but the aide, Of Buckingham, to welcome them a shore. View more context for this quotation
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 214 Your wiues shall welcome home the conquerors. View more context for this quotation
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 71 Probus was welcommed into Britaine.
1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn iii, in Poems 2 Hast thou no..solemn strein, To welcom him to this his new abode..?
1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility I. vi. 67 They were interrupted..by the entrance of their landlord, who called to welcome them to Barton. View more context for this quotation
1894 Lady M. Verney Verney Mem. III. 293 No one welcomed him back with the womanly love which mother and sister would have lavished upon him.
c. figurative. Also with in.
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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 7 Yet I know no cause Why I should welcome such a guest as Griefe. View more context for this quotation
1599 W. Shakespeare et al. Passionate Pilgrime (new ed.) sig. C For she [sc. the lark] doth welcome daylight with her ditte.
1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 41 So let us welcome peaceful ev'ning in.
d. Const. to (an entertainment).
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1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 51 Our Ambassadour, the Gentlemen his followers and Sea-captaines were welcommed to a very neat and curious Banquet.
2. To greet or receive with (or by) something (esp. of an unpleasant nature).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > greet with or by unpleasant thing
welcome1611
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. ⁋1 Zeale to promote the common good..is welcommed with suspicion in stead of loue, and with emulation in stead of thankes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iv. 37 I am..driuen out of doores with it [sc. a beating] when I goe from home, welcom'd home with it when I returne. View more context for this quotation
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 2 Venon..at his returne found himselfe welcomed with two disasters.
1653 J. Taylor Certain Trav. Uncertain Journey 13 Good Mrs. Martin who welcom'd me with good whit wine.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 18 If you return within an hour you will be welcomed by a brace of bullets.
3.
a. To greet heartily or joyfully (the return of a person, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome > specifically the return of a person, etc.
welcome1697
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 94 His little Children climbing for a Kiss, Welcome their Father's late return at Night. View more context for this quotation
1816 P. B. Shelley Alastor 20 Thy sweet mate will..welcome thy return with eyes Bright in the lustre of their own fond joy.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. v. 191 Since he no more should welcome their return From war.
b. To greet with pleasure the coming or occurring of (an event, etc.).
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased with [verb (transitive)] > express pleasure at or greet with pleasure
gratify1548
welcome1856
high-five1980
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. ii. 131 He..would have welcomed an escape from the dilemma perhaps as warmly as Henry would have welcomed it himself.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §3. 68 The religious movement..was welcomed with an almost passionate fanaticism.
1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 207 Such..difficulties..are welcomed..as subjects of debate.
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† welcomev.2

Etymology: < welcome n.1, welcome adj.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To be welcome.
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a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlii. l. 278 Ful lowde to hem they gonne to Crye, and seide ‘welcometh’ Al An hye.., ‘Welcometh’ quod Iosephes ful Sekerlye.
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