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ac·com·pa·ny

(ə-kŭm′pə-nē, ə-kŭmp′nē)

v. ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing, ac·com·pa·nies

v.tr.

1. To be or go with, especially as a companion.

2. To provide with an addition; supplement: a dish that is best accompanied with a robust wine.

3. To exist or occur at the same time as: dark clouds that were accompanied by rain.

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, chaperone
These verbs mean to be with or to go with another or others. Accompany suggests going with another on an equal basis: "One day [my wife] accompanied me, upon some household errand, into the cellar of the old building which our poverty compelled us to inhabit" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Conduct implies guidance of others: "A servant conducted me to my bedroom" (Charlotte Brontë).
Escort stresses protective guidance or official action: "At every county town a long cavalcade of the principal gentlemen ... escorted the mayor to the market cross" (Thomas Macaulay).
Chaperone specifies adult supervision of young persons: My mother helped chaperone the prom.

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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 attended unaccompanied - playing or singing without accompaniment; "the soloist sang unaccompanied"

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accompagnato

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