[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

accompany \accom"pany\, v. t. imp.  p. p. accompanied; p.
   pr.  vb. n. accompanying of. aacompaignier, f.
   accompagner, to associate with, fr. of. compaign, compain,
   companion. see company.
   1. to go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep
      company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by;
      as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.
      1913 webster

            the persian dames, . . .
            in sumptuous cars, accompanied his march. --glover.
      1913 webster

            they are never alone that are accompanied with noble
            thoughts.                             --sir p.
                                                  sidney.
      1913 webster

            he was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded
            rebels.                               --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. to cohabit with. obs. --sir t. herbert.
      1913 webster

   syn: to attend; escort; go with.

   usage: to accompany, attend, escort. we accompany those
          with whom we go as companions. the word imports an
          equality of station. we attend those whom we wait upon
          or follow. the word conveys an idea of subordination.
          we escort those whom we attend with a view to guard
          and protect. a gentleman accompanies a friend to some
          public place; he attends or escorts a lady.
          1913 webster
see also:
accompanied accompanying company accompany attend escort 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

accompanying
     adj : following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of
           bureaucracy, with related problems"; "snags incidental
           to the changeover in management" syn: attendant, concomitant,
            incidental, incidental top
see also:
attendant concomitant incidental incidental top 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

89 moby thesaurus words for "accompanying":
   accessory, accidental, accordant, ado, afloat, afoot, agreeing,
   associate, associated, at one with, attendant, attending,
   circumstantial, coacting, coactive, coadunate, coetaneous,
   coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident,
   coinstantaneous, collaborative, collateral, collective, collusive,
   combined, combining, concerted, concomitant, concordant,
   concurrent, concurring, conjoint, consilient, conspiratorial,
   contemporaneous, contemporary, conterminous, cooperant,
   cooperative, coordinate, correlative, coterminous, coupled,
   coworking, current, doing, eventuating, fellow, going on,
   happening, harmonious, in hand, in the wind, incidental,
   isochronal, isochronous, joined, joint, meeting, mutual,
   occasional, occurring, on, on foot, ongoing, paired, parallel,
   parasitic, passing, prevailing, prevalent, resultant, saprophytic,
   simultaneous, symbiotic, synchronous, synergetic, synergic,
   synergistic, taking place, twin, under way, unison, unisonous,
   united, uniting

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