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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONSORT, n. [L., sort, state, kind.]
1. A companion; a partner; an intimate associate; particularly, a partner of the bed; a wife or husband.
He single chose to live, and shunnd to wed, well pleased to want a consort of his bed.
2. An assembly or association of persons, convened for consultation.
3. Union; conjunction; concurrence.
4. A number of instruments played together; a symphony; a concert. In this sense, concert is now used.
5. In navigation, any vessel keeping company with another.
Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regent, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the widow of a king.
CONSORT, v.i. To associate; to unite in company; to keep company; followed by with.
Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee.
CONSORT, v.t.
1. To join; to marry.
With his consorted Eve.
2. To unite in company.
He begins to consort himself with men.
3. To accompany. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
2: a family of similar musical instrument playing together [syn: choir, consort] v
1: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: consort, associate, affiliate, assort]
2: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree]
3: keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" [syn: run, consort]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin consort-, consors partner, sharer, from com- + sort-, sors lot, share — more at series Date: 15th century 1. associate 2. a ship accompanying another 3. spouse — compare prince consort, queen consort II. noun Etymology: Middle French consorte, from consort Date: 1584 1. conjunction, association <he ruled in consort with his father> 2. group, assembly <a consort of specialists> 3. a. a group of singers or instrumentalists performing together b. a set of musical instruments of the same family III. verb Date: 1588 transitive verb 1. unite, associate 2. obsolete escort intransitive verb 1. to keep company <consorting with criminals> 2. obsolete to make harmony ; play 3. accord, harmonize <the illustrations consort admirably with the text — Times Literary Supplement>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a wife or husband, esp. of royalty (prince consort). 2 a ship sailing with another. --v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by with, together) a keep company; associate. b harmonize. 2 tr. class or bring together. Etymology: ME f. F f. L consors sharer, comrade (as com-, sors sortis lot, destiny) 2. n. Mus. a group of players or instruments, esp. playing early music (recorder consort). Etymology: earlier form of concert

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(consorted) 1. If you say that someone consorts with a particular person or group, you mean that they spend a lot of time with them, and usually that you do not think this is a good thing. (FORMAL) He regularly consorted with known drug-dealers. = associate VERB: V with n [disapproval] 2. The ruling monarch's wife or husband is called their consort. At tea-time, Victoria sang duets with her Consort, Prince Albert... She was surely the most distinguished queen consort we have had. N-COUNT; N-TITLE: oft n N

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kon-sort' (proskleroo, "to allot," Ac 17:4). The verb may be either in the middle or passive voice. the Revised Version (British and American), the King James Version, and Luther's German translation regard it as middle, and render it: "cast their lots with," "associated," "united with." In advocacy of the passive, see Alford's Greek Testament, proposing: "were added," as if by lot, the allotment eing determined by God who gave them the Holy Spirit directing their choice. The English has the Latin for "lot" as its base.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Companion (especially a wife or a husband or one vessel of a fleet), partner, associate.

Moby Thesaurus

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