ACCOM'PANY, verb transitive [See Company.] 1. To go with or attend as a companion or associate on a journey, walk, etc.; as a man accompanies his friend to church, or on a tour. 2. To be with as connected; to attend; as pain accompanies disease. ACCOM'PANY, verb intransitive 1. To attend; to be an associate; as to accompany with others. obsolete 2. To cohabit. 3. In music, to perform the accompanying part in a composition.
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