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Antonyms for escorting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : noun es-kawrt; verb ih-skawrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈɛs kɔrt; verb ɪˈskɔrt |
Definition of escorting
Origin :- 1570s, in military sense, from Middle French escorte (16c.), from Italian scorta, literally "a guiding," from scorgere "to guide," from Vulgar Latin *excorrigere, from ex- "out" (see ex-) + corrigere "set right" (see correct). The sense of "person accompanying another to a social occasion" is 1936.
- verb act as a companion, guard
- A thousand knights were escorting a man who sat his horse proudly and like a hero.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Do you not see that it is the wounded knight we met that day you were escorting me to Urbino?
- Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
- The way things were going he might not be escorting at all within a few weeks.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- Madam, may I have the privilege of escorting you to the head of the table?
- Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther
- Presently the two of them were escorting the Italian woman toward the foot of the cliff.
- Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
- Still some twenty or thirty insisted on escorting me down to the stream.
- Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
- The interview was ended, and Dick was escorting Mr. Medland.
- Extract from : « Half a Hero » by Anthony Hope
- Escorting her now will be the foundation of your naval career.
- Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
- Escorting them across the room he showed them a low oven or kiln.
- Extract from : « The Story of Glass » by Sara Ware Bassett
- As soon as they were aboard, the cutter started, escorting the coper into Grimsby.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1905. » by Various
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