2 meanings, 3 uses
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1 —2 uses as in:
accompany on the journey
Definition
to travel along with
- 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. 28.9
accompany = come with
- Some of them were accompanied by their sons bearing carved wooden stools.p. 115.9
accompanied = escorted (in the company of)
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2 —1 use as in:
illness and accompanying symptoms
Definition
to be present with at the same time and/or location
- 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 time
(editor's note: In this context, a report is a loud noise made when a gun is shot.)
(editor's note: In this context, a report is a loud noise made when a gun is shot.)
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