CONSORT, n. [L., sort, state, kind.] 1. A companion; a partner; an intimate associate; particularly, a partner of the bed; a wife or husband.He single chose to live, and shunnd to wed, well pleased to want a consort of his bed.2. An assembly or association of persons, convened for consultation.3. Union; conjunction; concurrence.4. A number of instruments played together; a symphony; a concert. In this sense, concert is now used.5. In navigation, any vessel keeping company with another. Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regent, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the widow of a king.CONSORT, v.i. To associate; to unite in company; to keep company; followed by with. Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee.
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