a. and sb. rare. [ad. L. comitānt-em, pr. pple. of comitāri to accompany, f. comit-em companion: cf. concomitant.]
A. adj. Accompanying, in company.
1614. Jackson, Creed, III. iii. Wks. II. 197. From any precedent, consequent, or comitant circumstance.
188[?]. R. G. Hill, Voices in Solitude, 137. Let us abuse them not, avoiding thee, But comitant love Nature silently.
B. sb. An accompanying thing or circumstance.
1654. trans. Scudéry’s Curia Polit., 133. It is an inseparable Comitant to the Royall Office.
