3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." Fuller. "Working in consort." Hare.
Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different.
Atterbury.
4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; 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.
5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] Milton.
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.
Con*sort" (k&obreve;n*s˘rt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consorting.] To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.
Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?
Dryden.
Con*sort", 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.