Company

kum′pa-ni, n. any a embly of persons: a number of persons a ociated together for trade, .: a society: a subdivision of a regiment: the crew of a ship: state of being a companion: fellowship: a ociates: society: a gathering of people for social intercourse.— v.t. to accompany.— v.i. to a ociate.— Be good , or bad , company , to have, or to lack, companionable qualities; Keep company , to a ociate with: to court; Know a man by his company , to determine his character by the quality of his friends. [Fr. compagnie . See Companion .]