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Escort \Es*cort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escorted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Escorting}.] [Cf. F. escorter, It. scortare. See
{Escort}, n.]
To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as
safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; --
used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land;
as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a
baggage wagon.

Syn: To accompany; attend. See {Accompany}.
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Escort \Es"cort\, n. [F. escorte, It. scorta a guard or guide,
fr. scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr. L. ex out, quite
corrigere to correct, set right. See {Correct}.]
1. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for
the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who
conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of
prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending
as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on
land, as convoy is to movements at sea.
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The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary
rate. --Burke.
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2. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion;
as, to travel under the escort of a friend.
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