The Collaborative International Dictionary
Accompany \Ac*com"pa*ny\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accompanied; p. pr. & vb. n. Accompanying] [OF. aacompaignier, F. accompagner, to associate with, fr. OF. compaign, compain, companion. See Company.]
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To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.
The Persian dames, . . . In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march.
--Glover.They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
--Sir P. Sidney.He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels.
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To cohabit with. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Herbert.Syn: To attend; escort; go with.
Usage: To Accompany, Attend, Escort. We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station. We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination. We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect. A gentleman accompanies a friend to some public place; he attends or escorts a lady.
Wiktionary
Present together. n. (gerund of accompany English) v
(present participle of accompany English)
WordNet
adj. following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management" [syn: attendant, concomitant, incidental, incidental to(p)]
Usage examples of "accompanying".
This will not only assist in neutralizing the acidity of the stomach, but will help to allay the thirst and accompanying fever.
As soon as she had reached Padua, she informed Doctor Gozzi of her arrival, and he lost no time in accompanying me to the inn where she had put up.
I gratefully took leave of the worthy lady, and I set off in all haste to the house I had been told of, the attorney, who was almost tired out, accompanying me.
He praised Father Georgi most highly, and, accompanying me as far as the stairs, he told me that he would give me on the morrow the amount his friend Don Antonio requested him to hand me.
As he never spoke to them but of God, of His angels, and of everlasting glory, and as he was always accompanying them to church, they found him a delightful companion.
For his sake, and taking pity on his grief and my love, I conceived the plan of accompanying him as his servant, or rather to avoid disguising my sex, as his wife.
As Goudar would not have undertaken the delicate task of pointing them out, I resolved on accompanying him myself.
He presented me to a lady, saying that he was accompanying me to Rome, where I intend to become a Franciscan.
The moment I saw her, I gave up all idea of Naples, and decided upon accompanying the two friends to Parma.
I became furious, knocking at the door, stamping my feet, fretting and fuming, and accompanying this useless hubbub with loud cries.
He placed a magnificent collation before the Electress, and sang a song of his own composition, accompanying himself on the piano.
After a time these glands may again enlarge, with more or less pain accompanying the process.
There are, furthermore, the accompanying symptoms of a coated tongue, bitter taste in the mouth, unpleasant eructations, scalding of the throat from regurgitation, offensive breath, sick headache, giddiness, disturbed sleep, sallow countenance, heart-burn, morbid craving after food, constant anxiety and apprehension, fancied impotency, and fickleness.
I have suffered from a sluggish liver with all the disorders accompanying such a condition.
Favorite Prescription for my daughter, and in looking over the directions of the accompanying circular and finding my own case so thoroughly described, I decided at once to give his special home treatment a trial, which I did during the three months that followed.