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English Dictionary: consort	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for consort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consort n the husband or wife of a reigning monarch a family of similar musical instrument playing together Synonym(s): choir, consort v keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" Synonym(s): consort, associate, affiliate, assort go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" Synonym(s): harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" Synonym(s): run, consort
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consort \Con"sort\ (k[ocr]n"s[ocir]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. [bd]By Heaven's consort.[b8] --Fuller. [bd]Working in consort.[b8] --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 \Consort"\ (k[ocr]ns[ocir]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consort \Consort"\, 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.