a. Sociable. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having companions or an escort
Syn. -- accompanied (vs. un), attended [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. He who, or that which, accompanies. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. accompagnement. ] That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. Specifically: (Mus.) A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The performer in music who takes the accompanying part. Busby. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. -- 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 ]

v. i. 1. To associate in a company; to keep company. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men say that they will drive away one another, . . . and not accompany together. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cohabit (with). [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano).
Syn. -- accompanist [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anticipans, p. pr. of anticipare. ] Anticipating; expectant; -- with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wakening guilt, anticipant of hell. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Appanage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; from + &unr_; man. ] An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. apanage, fr. OF. apaner to nourish, support, fr. LL. apanare to furnish with bread, to provision; L. ad + pains bread. ] 1. The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dependency; a dependent territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which belongs to one by custom or right; a natural adjunct or accompaniment. “Wealth . . . the appanage of wit.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. apanagiste. ] A prince to whom an appanage has been granted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a receptacle fitted beneath the grate in which ashes collect and are removed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖‖ n. [ Prob. Indian name. ] (Zool.) The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pan for warming beds. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Belize. Population (2000) = 5, 845. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bespangled p. pr. & vb. n. Bespangling ] To adorn with spangles; to dot or sprinkle with something brilliant or glittering. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grass . . . is all bespangled with dewdrops. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. covered with beads or jewels or sequins.
Syn. -- beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ So called from Blenheim House, the seat of the duke of Marlborough, in England. ] A small variety of spaniel, kept as a pet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Brain + pan. ] The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. campana bell. Cf. Campanle. ] 1. (Eccl.) A church bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The pasque flower. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Doric Arch.) Same as Gutta. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., a bellman. ] (Zool.) The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ See Campana. ] (Her.) Bells. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ See Campaig. ] Open country. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. campana bell + -form: cf. F. companiforme. ] Bell-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell. ] (Arch.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many of the campaniles of Italy are lofty and magnificent structures. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Campaniform. ] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. campana bell + -logy. ] The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell. ] (Bot.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of flowering plants, which in some classifications includes the Lobeliaciae.
Syn. -- family Campanulaceae, bellflower family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Campanulaceæ) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of plants which includes the Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Stylidiaceae; Calyceraceae; and Compositae.
Syn. -- order Campanulales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. shaped like a bell or campana; campaniform.
Syn. -- campanulate, campanulated, campaniform, campaniliform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. campanula a bell. ] (Zool.) A hydroid of the family Campanularidæ, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothecæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Bell-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the native name: cf. F. chimpanzé, chimpansé, chimpanzée. ] (Zool.) An african ape (Pan troglodytes, formerly Anthropithecus troglodytes, or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. It is the most intelligent of non-human animals, and when full grown, it is from three to four feet high. A variant called the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, has been recently recognized as a separate species. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

. One of a breed of small or medium-sized spaniels kept for hunting or retrieving game or for household pets. They usually weigh from eighteen to twenty-eight pounds. They have the head of fair length, with square muzzle, the ears long and set low, the legs short or of medium length, and the coat fine and silky, wavy but not curly. Various colors are bred, as black, liver, red, black and white, black and tan, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An unpleasant experience a person endures, which is viewed by others as a just retribution for bad behavior; just deserts; as, the Senator took bribes for years, and finally got his comeuppance when he was caught in a sting operation. [ PJC ]

a. [ OF. compaignable. ] Companionable; sociable. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. companatores, pl. ] (Eccl.) Same as Impanator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Companionable; sociable. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. an assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry. ] 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner. [ 1913 Webster ]

The companions of his fall. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The companion of fools shall smart for it. Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [ 1913 Webster ]

Here are your sons again; and I must lose
Two of the sweetest companions in the world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Cf. OSp. compaña an outhouse, office. ] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. --
Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. Totten. --
Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. --
Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like.

Syn. -- Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [ R. ] Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Companion me with my mistress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. “Each companionable guest.” Mallett. “Companionable wit.” Clarendon.

-- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. companionlike; as, companionate marriage; a companionate dog. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Without a companion. [ 1913 Webster ]