Ac-cōm'pa-ni-ment, n.

n. [Fr. accompagnement. See ACCOMPANY.] That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added by way of ornament to the principal thing, or for the sake of symmetry; specifically (Mus.), a part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice, or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass. P. Cyc.