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CONSORT, n. [L., sort, state, kind.]
CONSORT, v.i. To associate; to unite in company; to keep company; followed by with.
One who shares the lot of another; a
companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.
Milton.
He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, The consort of the queen has passed from
this troubled sphere. The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by
his darker consort. A ship keeping company
with another.
Concurrence; conjunction; combination;
association; union.
"By Heaven's consort."
Fuller. "Working in consort." Hare.
Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity;
but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite
different. An assembly
or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination.
[Obs.]
In one consort' there sat Lord, place me in thy consort. Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
[Obs.] Milton.
To make a sad consort'; Prince consort, the husband of a queen regnant. -- Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king. To
unite or to keep company] to associate; -- used with
with.
Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with
thee? To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company,
marriage, etc.; to associate.
He with his consorted Eve. For all that pleasing is to living ears He begins to consort himself with men. To attend; to accompany.
[Obs.]
Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him
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