Consort

n.	1.	One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband. 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. Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. - Atterbury.
	4.	An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. 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.	Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. 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.
v. i.	1.	To unite or to keep company; to associate; - used with with. [imp. & p. p. Consorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consorting.] Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee? - Dryden.
v. 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. Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. - Shak.

Noun	1.	consort - the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
	2.	consort - a family of similar musical instrument playing together Synonyms: choir
Verb	1.	consort - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" Synonyms: assort, affiliate, associate
	2.	consort - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" Synonyms: concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, accord, agree
	3.	consort - keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring" Synonyms: run

CONSORT. A man or woman married. The man is the consort of his wife, the woman is the consort of her husband.

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