Accompanying

3 definitions found

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

  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}.]
     1. 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.
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              The Persian dames, . . .
              In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. --Glover.
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              They are never alone that are accompanied with noble
              thoughts.                             --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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              He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded
              rebels.                               --Macaulay.
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     2. To cohabit with. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  accompanying
       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)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "accompanying":
     accessory, accidental, accordant, ado, afloat, afoot, agreeing,
     associate, associated, at one with, attendant, attending,
     circumstantial, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coetaneous,
     coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident,
     coinstantaneous, collaborative, collateral, collective, collusive,
     combined, combining, concerted, concomitant, concordant,
     concurrent, concurring, conjoint, consilient, conspiratorial,
     contemporaneous, contemporary, conterminous, cooperant,
     cooperative, coordinate, correlative, coterminous, coupled,
     coworking, current, doing, eventuating, fellow, going on,
     happening, harmonious, in hand, in the wind, incidental,
     isochronal, isochronous, joined, joint, meeting, mutual,
     occasional, occurring, on, on foot, ongoing, paired, parallel,
     parasitic, passing, prevailing, prevalent, resultant, saprophytic,
     simultaneous, symbiotic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic,
     synergistic, taking place, twin, under way, unison, unisonous,
     united, uniting