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con⋅com⋅i⋅tant
[kon-kom-i-tuh
nt, kuhn-] 
–adjective
| 1. | existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent: an event and its concomitant circumstances. |
–noun
| 2. | a concomitant quality, circumstance, or thing. |
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| con·com·i·tant (kən-kŏm'ĭ-tənt) adj. Occurring or existing concurrently; attendant. See Synonyms at contemporary. n. One that occurs or exists concurrently with another. [Late Latin concomitāns, concomitant-, present participle of concomitārī, to accompany : Latin com-, com- + Latin comitārī, to accompany (from comes, comit-, companion; see ei- in Indo-European roots).] con·com'i·tant·ly adv. |
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Concomitant
Con*com"i*tant\, a. [F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman.] Accompanying; conjoined; attending. It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. --Locke.Concomitant
Con*com"i*tant\, n. One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. --Addison. The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. --South.
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concomitant
1607, from Fr. concomitant, from L. concomitantem, prp. of concomitari "accompany, attend," from com- "with, together" + comitari "join as a companion," from comes (gen. comitis) "companion."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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