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   Consort , n. [L. consore, -sortis; con- + sors lot, fate, share. See Sort.]
    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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   (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another.
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   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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   [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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   [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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   Consort , 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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   Consort, v. t.
   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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   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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