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accompany with

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Accompaniment-CBD
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ac⋅com⋅pa⋅ny

  [uh-kuhm-puh-nee] verb, -nied, -ny⋅ing.
Use accompany with in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to go along or in company with; join in action: to accompany a friend on a walk.
2. to be or exist in association or company with: Thunder accompanies lightning.
3. to put in company with; cause to be or go along; associate (usually fol. by with): He accompanied his speech with gestures.
4. Music. to play or sing an accompaniment to or for.
–verb (used without object)
5. to provide the musical accompaniment.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME accompanye < MF accompagnier. See ac-, company

Synonyms:
1. Accompany, attend, convoy, escort mean to go along with someone (or something). To accompany is to go along as an associate on equal terms: to accompany a friend on a shopping trip. Attend implies going along with, usually to render service or perform duties: to attend one's employer on a business trip. To convoy is to accompany (esp. ships) with an armed guard for protection: to convoy a fleet of merchant vessels. To escort is to accompany in order to protect, guard, honor, or show courtesy: to escort a visiting dignitary.
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Accompaniment-CBD
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Word Origin & History

accompany 
1426, from M.Fr. accompagner, from O.Fr. acompaignier "take as a companion," from à "to" + compaignier, from compaign (see companion). First record of accompanist "performer who takes the accompanying part in music" is from 1833.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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