companying

Verb

company (third-person singular simple present companies, present participle companying, simple past and past participle companied)

1. (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
   • Ye dooe knowe howe thatt hytt ys an vnlawefull thynge for a man beynge a iewe to company or come vnto an alient […].1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts x:[28], folio clxix, recto

   Synonyms:

   attend, escort, go with

2. (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
   • Men which have companied with us all the time.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 1:21
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
   • If thee list unto the Court to throng
     […]there thou needs must learne, to laugh, to lie,
     To face, to forge, to scoffe, to companie.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse.
   • companying with Infidels may not be simply condemneda. 1656, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. I. F.

   Synonyms:

   fornicate

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