Evil company doth corrupt good manners. --1 Cor. xv.
33. (Rev.
Ver.).
Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not
wish. --Milton.
2. A companion or companions.
To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome.
--Shak.
3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent
or transient.
Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. --1 Sam. x.
5.
4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a
family; as, to invite company to dine.
5. Society, in general; people assembled for social
intercourse.
Nature has left every man a capacity of being
agreeable, though not of shining in company.
--Swift.
6. 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.
7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its
style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as,
Hottinguer & Co.
8. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the
command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full
strength) 100 men.
9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a
whole ship's company.
10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the
production of a play.
{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.
Men which have companied with us all the time.
--Acts i. 21.
2. To be a gay companion. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. To have sexual commerce. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.