something attending or added as a circumstance to another, either by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry. See Circumstance.

in music, these parts that are added to render the harmony more full and complete, as an instrument accompanying a voice. Among the moderns, the accompaniment frequently plays a different melody from the song it accompanies; but authors are not agreed whether it was so among the ancients. See Music.

in painting, denotes such objects as are added, either by way of ornament, or probability, as dogs, guns, game, &c. in a hunting piece. See Painting.

in heraldry, anything added to a shield by way of ornament; as the belt, mantling, supporters, &c. It is also applied to several bearings about a principal one; as a saltier, bend, fefs, chevron, &c.

ACCOMPlice, in law. See Accessory.