All 3 Uses of
accompany
in
Things Fall Apart
- Sometimes when he went to big village meetings or communal ancestral feasts he allowed Ikemefuna to accompany him, like a son, carrying his stool and his goatskin bag.
p. 28.8 *accompany = come with
- He pressed the trigger and there was a loud report accompanied by the wail of his wives and children.
p. 39.2 *accompanied = joined at the same timeeditor's notes: In this context, a report is a loud noise made when a gun is shot.
- Some of them were accompanied by their sons bearing carved wooden stools.
p. 115.9accompanied = escorted (in the company of)
Definitions:
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(1)
(accompany as in: accompany on the journey) to travel along with
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(2)
(accompany as in: the accompanying chart) to be present with at the same time and/or location -- sometimes provided to make something more complete or better
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(3)
(accompany as in: accompanied her in the performance) to perform with