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Accompany v. t. (past & past part. accompanied; pres. part. accompanying)

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." "They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts." "He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels."

To cohabit with. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To attend; escort; go with. 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.

Accompany v. i.

To associate in a company; to keep company. (Obs.) "Men say that they will drive away one another,... and not accompany together."

To cohabit (with). (Obs.)

(Mus.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.

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"Accompanying" Quotes from Famous Books

... belt is provided with pans which, as they overlap, form an endless trough. Power being applied to revolve one of the wheels, the whole belt is thereby set in motion and at once becomes an endless trough conveyer. The accompanying engraving illustrates a section of this conveyer. A few of the pans are removed, to show the construction of the links; and above this a link and coupler are shown on a larger scale. As will be seen, the link is provided with wings, to form a rigid support for the pan to be riveted to it. ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 421, January 26, 1884 • Various

... imagination; I can let an idea go to the grave that I see is false. When I am altogether true to the light I have, I shall be in the heaven where the angelic Very now is. I went to see dear Miss Burley, who sent for me to go to her room. She insisted upon accompanying me all the way downstairs, limping painfully, and would open the outer door for me, and bow me out with as much deference as if I had been Victoria, or Hawthorne himself! So much for the Word uttering itself through my fingers in the face of Ilbrahim. [She had just ...

— Memories of Hawthorne • Rose Hawthorne Lathrop

... Accompanying Fulton to the sidewalk, he climbed into the automobile and, in a few minutes, was in the library asking for the first volume of the last edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His limp proclaimed his identity, and the young ...

— The Winning Clue • James Hay, Jr.

... being a damned nuisance, he said to himself, and he insisted upon accompanying Theodora to the bottom of the great staircase, which rose to magnificent galleries in the hall adjoining ...

— Beyond The Rocks - A Love Story • Elinor Glyn

... parodying his own, the sentimental attitude belied by twinkling eyes and mischievous lips. The blush and tremor of an hour ago were conspicuous by their absence, and the change was by no means appreciated by the startled onlooker. In vain he tried to return to the old footing, accompanying the simplest remark with a hint of secret understanding, and waiting upon her with a deference which seemed humbly to inquire the ...

— More about Pixie • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

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