welcomedadj.
/ˈwɛlkəmd/, U.S. /ˈwɛlkəmd/ Made welcome; gladly received.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > welcoming > welcomed
welcomed1583
received1711
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > greeted or received with pleasure
welcomeOE
well-received1565
welcomed1826
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Cciii Philotimus, my wished frend, and welcomde guest, how dost thou?
?a1650 W. Bosworth Chast & Lost Lovers (1651) i. 553 This [wound] being slighted 'gan to fester in, And having got a newly welcom'd skin, Began to fester more.
1826 J. M. Sherer Notes & Refl. Ramble Germany 45 A man who had been drenched by the very same midnight rain, and..had been dried by the same welcomed sunbeams as myself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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