ppl. a. [f. WELCOME v.1 + -ED1.] Made welcome; gladly received.
1583. Melbancke, Philotimus, Cc iij. Philotimus, my wished frend, and welcomde guest, how dost thou?
16[?]. W. Bosworth, Arcadius & Sepha, I. 553. This [wound] being slighted ’gan to fester in, And having got a newly welcom’d skin, Began to fester more.
1826. 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.
