consort
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.Examples: "Pygmalion loathing their laſcivious Life, / Abhorr’d all Womankind, but moſt a Wife: / So ſingle choſe to live, and ſhunn’d to wed, / Well pleas’d to want a Conſort of his Bed."countableeuphemistichumoroussometimesuncountable
2. (uncountable) Association or partnership.Examples: "That which gives diſtaſt to the Ear in it is a German by-word: and ſuch kind of things Lʳ. according to the humor of thoſe times, purſues with ſome fondneſs: take it ſingly, and it carries an air of levity, I confeſs; but, in conſort with the reſt, you ſee, has a meaning quite different from what this Author would inſinuate."Synonyms: association, partnershipuncountable
3. (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.Examples: "Sith then, it ſeemeth each thing to his powre / Doth vs inuite to make a ſad conſort; / Come let vs ioyne our mournfull ſong with theirs."; "O may we ſoon again renew that Song, / And keep in tune with Heav’n, till God ere long / To his celeſtial conſort us unite, / To live with him, and ſing in endles morn of light."countableobsoleteuncountable
adj (English)
1. (postpositive) of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowagerExamples: "Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother took on nearly as many duties as queen dowager, after her husband's death, as she had had when she was queen consort during his reign."not-comparablepostpositional
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To associate or keep company (with).Examples: "If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is."; "Which of the Grecian Chiefs conſorts with Thee?"; "I had noticed also that Queequeg never consorted at all, or but very little, with the other seamen in the inn."Synonyms: hang out, associate, hang outintransitive
2. (intransitive) To be in agreement.Synonyms: agree, concurintransitive
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