Accompany
[ə'kʌmpənɪ] or [ə'kʌmpəni]
Definition
(verb.) go or travel along with; 'The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere'.
Checker: Sophia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cohabit with.
(v. i.) To associate in a company; to keep company.
(v. i.) To cohabit (with).
(v. i.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
Checker: Sandra
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Attend, escort, convoy, follow, wait on, be associated with, keep company with, go with, go along with, go hand in hand with.
Typist: Susan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Follow, consort, attend, join, coexist, escort, convoy
ANT:Desert, abandon, leave, avoid, eschew, quit, discard
Checker: Marsha
Definition
v.t. to keep company with: to attend: to support a singer by singing or playing on any instrument an additional part (with of music; on of the instrument).—ns. Accom′panier; Accom′paniment that which accompanies: (mus.) the assisting of a solo part by other parts which may consist of a whole orchestra or a single instrument or even subservient vocal parts; Accom′panist one who accompanies a singer on an instrument to sustain his voice.
Editor: Maris
Examples
- Will you accompany me to Windsor to-morrow? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- You will not accompany me to Scotland then? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Well, then, I must return with you, said poor Meyler, throwing off his unfortunate regimentals, and preparing to accompany me home. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Shall I go alone, or will you accompany me? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I asked if Georgiana would accompany her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- General Taylor encouraged officers to accompany these expeditions. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Dana, then an officer of the War Department, accompanied me on the Vicksburg campaign and through a portion of the siege. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All Athens accompanied us for several miles. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The army was not accompanied by a pontoon train, and at that time the troops were not instructed in bridge building. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Father and son came at last to the ch?teau: for the Count de Bassompierre that night accompanied Dr. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I set off one morning, accompanied by Charley, for Somers Town. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was the constant attempt to approximate the conditions of successful assassination that accompanied the demolition. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They called at various times of the morning, sometimes separately, sometimes together, and now and then accompanied by their aunt. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Everything was arranged in a week for my accompanying Worcester to Spain. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The accompanying soldiers received, with national vivacity, enthusiastic pleasure from the sight of beautiful nature. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In his travels, and in his accompanying readings, he had come to the conclusion that the essential secret of life was harmony. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Behind November came deep winter--clearness, stillness, frost accompanying. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Let me stand aside, to see the phantoms of those days go by me, accompanying the shadow of myself, in dim procession. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The accompanying diagram and explanation may serve to remove the difficulty of understanding why the two circuits are maintained quite distinct. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The accompanying diagram will assist in explaining the arrangement. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Sam accompanies me there. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To us, the perceptions of sense are inseparable from the act of the mind which accompanies them. Plato. The Republic.
- The burning logs gave warmth to the cabin and served as a primitive cooking agent; and the smoke which usually accompanies burning bodies was carried away by means of the chimney. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Miss Sharp accompanies Miss Sedley. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Let us go even where you will; the love that accompanies us will prevent our regrets. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If the wires were stretched taut in the summer, there would not be sufficient leeway for the contraction which accompanies cold weather, and in winter they would snap. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A noteworthy paradox often accompanies discussions of morals. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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