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Definition of Keep company
1. Verb. Be a companion to somebody.
Generic synonyms: Affiliate, Associate, Assort, Consort
Derivative terms: Accompaniment, Companion, Companion, Companion, Company
Definition of Keep company
1. Verb. (transitive intransitive idiomatic dated) To court. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To socialise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keep Company
Literary usage of Keep company
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises by Richard Jeffry Cleveland (1842)
"Anchor, and procure Water and Wood.—Curiosity of the People.—Stormy Weather.—Pass
through a Breaker unhurt. — keep company with a Chinese Fleet. ..."
2. The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1845)
"... that he was more than once threatened to be sent to keep company with those
whose cause he so diligently solicited. Dr. Prideaux, in the distribution of ..."
3. The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople on the by John Chrysostom, John Keble (1845)
"But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called
a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a drunkard, ..."
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