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Accompany, Accumpany, v. Also: accumpaney, -ie; p.p. accompan(e)it, -cumpani(e)t, etc. [ME. accompany (15th c.), OF. accompagner.]
1. tr. To furnish with company or attendance. Usually in pass. with with.1513 Doug. ii. x. 37 (accumpanyit with mony Troiane maid). c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 219 (accompanyit with monie ane knycht); c1552 Id. Mon. 3261 (One prince to be ... Accompanyit ... With wemen). c 1570 Wemyss Chart. 201 (accumpaneit with certane suddartis). a1578 Pitsc. I. 40/28 (accompanit with his brother). 1662 Wemyss Corr. 62 (accompaning him with a letter).
b. To go along with; to attend.1558-66 Knox II. 445 (the abominatiounis that accumpaney it). a1585 Maitl. Q. lxxiv. 23 (temperance dois hir accumpanie). 1603 7th Rep. Hist. MSS. 722/2 (to accumpany ws in ovr wayage).
2. To add as company. Const. to. 1562-3 Winȝet II. 76/5.
Albeit a fer gretear number … mycht hef bene to thame accumpaniit
3. intr. To keep, or go in, company (with).1562-3 Winȝet II. 30/12 (be pestiferous accumpaniing). 1570 Leslie 7 (sic as I was wont to accumpany witheall). a1578 Pitsc. I. 316/5 (James Bettone accompaned witht him).
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