welcome (welkum)

[ The camp receiv'd him with acclamations of joy and welcome. Fletcher ( and another ), Love's Cure, i. 1. new-comer. Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn. Shenstone, Written on the Window of an Inn. To bid a welcome, to receive with profe ions of friendship, kindne , or gladne . To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome . Shak ., Tempest, v. 1. 111. welcomelyt (wel'kum-li), adv . [ welcome + -ly2.] In a welcome manner. . Juvenal, by an handsome and metrical expre ion, more welcomely engrafts it into our junior memories. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 4.