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accompany(dictionary)

accompany (iou)



accompany verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French accompagner, formed as A-5 + COMPANION noun1, later assim. to COMPANY verb.]
verb trans. Add or join to. LME-L16.
verb trans. Join or unite (a thing, a person) with, supplement with. LME.
Joyce With what meditations did Bloom accompany his demonstration?
b. refl. Associate or unite oneself with. LME-M17.
verb intrans. & trans. Keep company (with); cohabit (with). LME-M18.
Ld Berners Suche as accompanyeth with man-killers. P. Sidney To bid her go home and accompanie her solitarie father.
verb trans. Convoy, escort, attend, go with (lit. & fig.). LME.
A. Christie He got up to accompany his patient to the door. fig.: P. G. Hamerton A..dejeuner a la fourchette, accompanied by half a bottle of..Bordeaux.
verb trans. Music. Support (a singer, player, melody, etc.) by performing a subsidiary, usu. instrumental, part. L16.
Day Lewis Knos would sing, accompanying herself on the harmonium. S. Hill A harmonica, which he used to accompany their songs.
verb trans. Go with as an attribute or attendant phenomenon; characterize. L17.
accompanable adjective (now arch. rare) sociable, companiable M16.
accompanied adjective (a) Music having an instrumental accompaniment; (b) escorted; Military (of a tour etc.) on which families are allowed to accompany military personnel: L18.
accompanier noun M18.
accompanyist noun = ACCOMPANIST M19.