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escort

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  1. accompany             
 
1. es.cort \'es-.ko.(*)rt\ n [F escorte, fr. It scorta, fr. scorgere to 
   guide, fr. (assume]d) VL excorrigere, fr. L ex- + corrigere to make 
   straight, correct - more at CORRECT 1a1: a person or group of persons 
   accompanying another to give protection o r show courtesy 1a2: the man who 
   goes on a date with a woman  1b: a protective screen of warships or fighter 
   planes or a single ship or p lane used to fend off enemy attack from one or 
   more vulnerable craft 2: accompaniment by a person or an armed protector 
   (as a ship) 
2. es.cort \is-'ko.(*)rt, es-, 'es-.\ vt : to accompany as an escort