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comites

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co⋅mes

  [koh-meez]
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–noun, plural com⋅i⋅tes  [kom-i-teez] .
1. Astronomy. companion 1 (def. 6).
2. Anatomy. a blood vessel accompanying another vessel or a nerve.
Origin:
1675–85; < L: traveling companion, prob. < *com-it-s, equiv. to com- com- + -it- n. deriv. of īre to go + -s nom. sing. ending

com⋅pan⋅ion

1  [kuhm-pan-yuhn]
–noun
1. a person who is frequently in the company of, associates with, or accompanies another: my son and his two companions.
2. a person employed to accompany, assist, or live with another in the capacity of a helpful friend.
3. a mate or match for something: White wine is the usual companion of fish.
4. a handbook or guide: a bird watcher's companion.
5. a member of the lowest rank in an order of knighthood or of a grade in an order.
6. Also called companion star, comes. Astronomy. the fainter of the two stars that constitute a double star. Compare primary (def. 19b).
7. Obsolete. a fellow.
–verb (used with object)
8. to be a companion to; accompany.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME compainoun < AF; OF compaignon < LL compāniōn- (s. of compāniō) messmate, equiv. to com- com- + pān(is) bread + -iōn- -ion; presumably as trans. of a Gmc word; cf. Goth gahlaiba, OHG galeipo

Related forms:
com⋅pan⋅ion⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1. comrade, partner, mate. See acquaintance.
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comes co·mes (kō'mēz)
n. pl. com·i·tes (kŏm'ĭ-tēz')
A blood vessel accompanying another vessel or a nerve.

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