companied
simple past tense and past participle of company
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Source: Wiktionary
Com"pa*ny, n.; pl. Companies. Etym: [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See Companion.]
1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompaying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. Shak. Evil company doth corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver. ). Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton.
2. A companion or companions. To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. Shak.
3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. 1 Sam. x. 5.
4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
5. Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse. Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. Swift.
6. An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.
7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
8. (Mil.)
Definition: A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
9. (Naut.)
Definition: The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.
Syn.
– Assemblage; assembly; society; group; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd; troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity; guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party; gathering.
Com"pa*ny, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Companied; p. pr. & vb. n. Companying.]
Definition: To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.]
Com"pa*ny, v. i.
1. To associate. Men which have companied with us all the time. Acts i. 21.
2. To be a gay companion. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To have sexual commerce. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2024
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