Consort | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Cŏn'sŏrt, n.

noun

n. [Lat. consors, from con and sors, sortis, lot, fate, share.] 1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband. The brute Can not be human consort; they rejoice Each with their kind. Milton. He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. Dryden.

(Naut.) A ship that keeps company with another.
An assembly or association of persons; a company; 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. 4. An act or state of concurrence or conjunction; union. [Obs.] “By Heaven's consort.” T. Fuller. “Working in consort.” Hare. “Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but in consort with the rest, it has a meaning quite different.” Atterbury. 5. Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] And the waters murmuring, With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep. Milton. Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the widow of a king.

Con-sôrt', v. i.

verbintransitive

(25), v. i. [imp. & p. p. CONSORTED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONSORTING.] To unite or to keep company; to associate.

Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee? Dryden.

Con-sôrt', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, &c. “He with his consorted Eve.” Milton.

For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there consorted in one harmony. Spenser.

The heralds then he straight charged to consort The curled-head Greeks with loud call to a court. Chapman.

He begins to consort himself with men, and thinks himself one. Locke.

Sense 2. To be or go in company with; to attend; to accompany. [Obs.]

Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shall with him hence. Shak.