| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·voy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n voi |
| NOUN: | 1. The act of accompanying or escorting, especially for protective purposes. 2. An accompanying and protecting force, as of ships or troops. 3. A group, as of ships or motor vehicles, traveling together with a protective escort or for safety or convenience. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: con·voyed, con·voy·ing, con·voys
(knvoi, k n-voi) To accompany, especially for protection; escort: warships convoying merchant vessels across the Atlantic. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Middle English convoyen, to escort, from Old French convoier, variant of conveier. See convey.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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