Definition of Consart
Con"sort (k&obreve;n"sôrt),
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.
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.
Con*sort" (k&obreve;n*sôrt"), 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.
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 Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The spouse of a monarch.
- A husband, wife, companion or partner.
- A ship accompanying another.
- (uncountable) Association or partnership.
- A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
- To associate or keep company.
- To be in agreement.
- To associate or unite in company with.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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