Lexic.us

Definition of Accompany

1. Verb. Be present or associated with an event or entity. "This kind of vein accompanies certain arteries"

2. Verb. Go or travel along with. "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"

3. Verb. Perform an accompaniment to. "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"

4. Verb. Be a companion to somebody.

Definition of Accompany

1. 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.

2. v. i. To associate in a company; to keep company.

Definition of Accompany

1. Verb. (transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To supplement with; add to. ¹

3. Verb. (context: intransitive music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition. ¹

4. Verb. (context: transitive music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument. ¹

5. Verb. (context: intransitive obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company. ¹

6. Verb. (context: intransitive obsolete) To cohabit (with). ¹

7. Verb. (context: transitive obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Accompany

1. [v -NIED, -NYING, -NIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accompany

accomodate accomodating accomodation accomodator accompagnato accompagnatos accompanable accompanied accompanier accompaniers

accompanies accompaniment accompaniments accompanist accompanists accompany accompanying accompanying vein accompanying vein of hypoglossal nerve accompanyings

accompanyist accompanyists accompletive accomplice accomplices accompliceship accomplicity accomplish accomplishable accomplished

Literary usage of Accompany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1901)
"He then asked Charles to accompany him to some- other place. After considerable hesitation Charles showed signs of giving way. ..."

2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton, William Otter (1804)
"... many' diseases accompany, as incubus, "apoplexy, epilepsie, vertigo, those frequent wakings and terrible dreams, '' intempestive laughing, weeping, ..."

3. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"But this was cheap payment for her amazed joy when Klesmer said, benignantly, turning to Mrs. Meyrick, " Will she like to accompany Miss Lapi- doth and hear ..."

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