From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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He single chose to live, and shunned to wed,
Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. --Dryden.
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The consort of the queen has passed from this
troubled sphere. --Thakeray.
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The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his
darker consort. --Darwin.
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2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another.
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3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.
"By Heaven's consort." --Fuller. "Working in consort."
--Hare.
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Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity;
but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite
different. --Atterbury.
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4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a
company; a group; a combination. [Obs.]
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In one consort' there sat
Cruel revenge and rancorous despite,
Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. --Spenser.
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Lord, place me in thy consort. --Herbert.
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5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert,
as of musical instruments. [Obs.] --Milton.
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To make a sad consort';
Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.
--Spenser.
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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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?
--Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Consort \Con*sort"\, v. t.
1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company,
marriage, etc.; to associate.
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He with his consorted Eve. --Milton.
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For all that pleasing is to living ears
Was there consorted in one harmony. --Spenser.
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He begins to consort himself with men. --Locke.
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2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.]
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Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,
Shalt with him hence. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consort
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]