Accompanied (8)
I believe the answer is:
escorted
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">accompanied</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(escorting is a kind of accompanying)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for escorted that I've seen before include "Accompanied" , "as bride comes up the aisle" .)