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accompany

Syllabification: (ac·com·pa·ny)
Pronunciation: /əˈkəmp(ə)nē/

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Definition of accompany

verb (accompanies, accompanying, accompanied)

[with object]
  • 1go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort:the two sisters were to accompany us to New York he was at the banquet accompanied by his daughter
  • 2be present or occur at the same time as (something else):the illness is often accompanied by nausea (as adjective accompanying)the accompanying documentation
  • provide (something) as a complement or addition to something else:home-cooked ham accompanied by brown bread
  • 3play a musical accompaniment for.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French accompagner, from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + compagne, from Old French compaignon 'companion'. The spelling change was due to association with company

Spell accompany with a double c and one m.If a word ends in a consonant plus -y (as in defy), change the -y to an -i before adding any ending (unless the ending already begins with an -i): (accompanies, accompanying, accompanied).

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