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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consort \Con*sort"\, v. t. 1. To unite or join as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate. He with his consorted Eve. --Milton. For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there consorted in one harmony. --Spenser. He begins to consort himself with men. --Locke. 2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.] Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here Shalt with him hence --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consort \Con"sort\ (k[o^]n"s[^o]rt), n. [L. consore, -sortis; con- + sors lot fate, share. See {Sort}.] 1. 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, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. --Dryden. The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. --Thakeray. The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. --Darwin. 2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another. 3. 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. --Atterbury. 4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group a combination. [Obs.] In one consort' there sat Cruel revenge and rancorous despite, Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. --Spenser. Lord, place me in thy consort. --Herbert. 5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] --Milton. To make a sad consort'; Come let us join our mournful song with theirs --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consort \Con*sort"\ (k[o^]n*s[^o]rt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Consorted}; p. pr & vb n. {Consorting}.] To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee? --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: consort n 1: a person's partner in marriage [syn: {spouse}, {partner}, {married person}, {mate}] 2: a family of similar musical instrument playing together [syn: {choir}] v 1: keep company with hang out with "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: {associate}, {affiliate}, {assort}] 2: go together; "The colors don't harmonize" [syn: {harmonize}, {accord}, {fit in}, {agree}] 3: keep company; of male animals [syn: {run}]
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