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Etymology

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From be- (all about, fully, completely) +‎ welcome.

Verb

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bewelcome (third-person singular simple present bewelcomes, present participle bewelcoming, simple past and past participle bewelcomed)

  1. (transitive, intensive) To welcome; greet or bestow with a welcome; welcome fully or completely.
    • 1936, Grace Humphrey, Hungary: land of contrasts:
      Then the presidient of the Writers' club, with more roses and one of his books and more speechifying. Never before was I so bewelcomed.