Welcome-to-our-house

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Welcome \Wel"come\, a. [OE. welcome, welcume, wilcume, AS.
     wilcuma a welcome guest, from wil-, as a prefix, akin to
     willa will + cuma a comer, fr. cuman to come; hence,
     properly, one who comes so as to please another's will; cf.
     Icel. velkominn welcome, G. willkommen. See {Will}, n., and
     Come.]


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     1. Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house,
        entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.
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              When the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     2. Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present;
        welcome news. "O, welcome hour!" --Milton.
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     3. Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to
        the use of my library.
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     Note: Welcome is used elliptically for you are welcome.
           "Welcome, great monarch, to your own." --Dryden.
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     {Welcome-to-our-house} (Bot.), a kind of spurge ({Euphorbia
        Cyparissias}). --Dr. Prior.
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