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Webster 1913 Edition

Consort

Con′sort

(kŏn′sôrt)
,
Noun.
[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′

(kŏn-sôrt′)
,
Verb.
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′

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Consort

CONSORT

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
I.
To associate; to unite in company; to keep company; followed by with.
Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee.

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