†a. to do (a person) company (also to do company to (a person)): = to keep (a person) company at Phrases 2c(b)(i). Obsolete. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French faire compagnie à quelqu'un (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier).]
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a1413 (c1385) G. ChaucerTroilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) v. l. 66 This Troylus..dide here compaynye.
c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 51 (MED) Þe bihoueþ do companye to þyn neiȝebores and to þi frendes.