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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. [1913 Webster] He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. --Thakeray. [1913 Webster] The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. --Darwin. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another. [1913 Webster] 3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." --Fuller. "Working in consort." --Hare. [1913 Webster] Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] 4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In one consort' there sat Cruel revenge and rancorous despite, Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Lord, place me in thy consort. --Herbert. [1913 Webster] 5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] To make a sad consort'; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee? --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] He with his consorted Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster] For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there consorted in one harmony. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] He begins to consort himself with men. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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}]