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