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accompanied

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ac·com·pa·ny  (-kmp-n, -kmpn)
v. ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing, ac·com·pa·nies
v.tr.
1. To be or go with as a companion.
2. To add to; supplement: a dish best accompanied with a robust wine.
3. To coexist or occur with.
4. Music To perform an accompaniment to.
v.intr.
Music To play an accompaniment.

[Middle English accompanien, from Old French acompagnier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + compaignon, companion; see companion1.]
Synonyms: accompany, conduct, escort, chaperon
These verbs mean to be with or to go with another or others. Accompany suggests going with another on an equal basis: She went to Europe accompanied by her colleague.
Conduct implies guidance of others: The usher conducted us to our seats.
Escort stresses protective guidance: The party chairperson escorted the candidate through the crowd.
Chaperon specifies adult supervision of young persons: My mom helped chaperon the prom.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.accompanied - having companions or an escort; "there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives"
unaccompanied - being without an escort
2.accompanied - playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
unaccompanied - playing or singing without accompaniment; "the soloist sang unaccompanied"

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"I have been bitten by the editor of a partisan journal," was the reply, accompanied by the ominous death-rattle.
Fouquet, leave my escort behind me; I should go to him as a friend; I should enter accompanied only by my captain of the guards; I should consider that I was acting more nobly, and should be invested with a still more sacred character by doing so.
He was accompanied by his associate in business, and tried companion in danger, Mr.
 
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