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<blockquote><b>Companion</b> me with my mistress. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Companionable</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*pan"ion*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.</def> "Each <i>companionable</i> guest." <i>Mallett.</i> "<i>Companionable</i> wit." <i>Clarendon.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Com*pan"ion*a*bly</wf>, adv.</wordforms>

<h1>Companionless</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*pan"ion*less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a companion.</def>

<h1>Companionship</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*pan"ion*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>He never seemed to avail himself of my sympathy other than by mere <b>companionship</b>. <i>W. Irwing</i></blockquote>

<h1>Company</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com"pa*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Companies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>compagnie</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>compaing</ets>. See <er>Companion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompaying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Evil <b>company</b> doth corrupt good manners. <i>1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver. ).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Brethren, farewell: your <b>company</b> along I will not wish. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A companion or companions.</def>

<blockquote>To thee and thy <b>company</b> I bid A hearty welcome. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.</def>

<blockquote>Thou shalt meet a <b>company</b> of prophets. <i>1 Sam. x. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; <as>as, to invite <ex>company</ex> to dine</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.</def>

<blockquote>Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in <b>company</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; <as>as, the East India <ex>Company</ex>; an insurance <ex>company</ex>; a joint-stock <ex>company</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; <as>as, Hottinguer & <ex>Co</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The crew of a ship, including the officers; <as>as, a whole ship's <ex>company</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.</def>

<cs><col>To keep company with</col>. <cd>See under <er>Keep</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></cd></cs>