• Consort

    Pronunciation

    • noun
      • RP enPR: kŏn'sôt, IPA: /ˈkÉ’nsɔːt/
      • US enPR: kän'sôrt, IPA: /ˈkÉ‘nsÉ”rt/
    • verb
      • RP enPR: kÉ™nsôt', IPA: /kÉ™nˈsɔːt/
      • US enPR: kÉ™nsôrt', IPA: /kÉ™nˈsÉ”rt/

    Origin

    From Middle French

    Full definition of consort

    Noun

    consort

    (countable and uncountable; plural consorts)
    1. The spouse of a monarch.
    2. A husband, wife, companion or partner.
      • DrydenHe single chose to live, and shunned to wed,
        Well pleased to want a consort of his bed.
      • ThackerayThe consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.
      • Darwinthe snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort
    3. A ship accompanying another.
    4. (uncountable) Association or partnership.
      • AtterburyTake it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different.
    5. A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
      • SpenserIn one consort there sat
        Cruel revenge and rancorous despite,
        Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate.
      • HerbertLord, place me in thy consort.
    6. (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
      • SpenserTo make a sad consort,
        Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.

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    Verb

    1. (intransitive) To associate or keep company.
      • 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 457,Being itself inferior and consorting with an inferior faculty it begets inferior offspring.
    2. (intransitive) To be in agreement.
    3. (intransitive) To associate or unite in company with.
      • DrydenWhich of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?

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