To keep company with; to accompany or go along with (archaic or dialectal).
From en- (causative/intensive) + company (from Old French compagnie, those sharing bread together, from Latin com- + panis). Originally meant 'to be in the company of' or 'to accompany.'
Company literally comes from 'sharing bread'—com (together) + panis (bread). So 'encompany' meant to be someone's bread-sharer, making every ancient meal a covenant of companionship!
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