consort

consort
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin consort-, consors partner, sharer, from com- + sort-, sors lot, share — more at series Date: 15th century 1. associate 2. a ship accompanying another 3. spouse — compare prince consort, queen consort II. noun Etymology: Middle French consorte, from consort Date: 1584 1. conjunction, association <
he ruled in consort with his father
>
2. group, assembly <
a consort of specialists
>
3. a. a group of singers or instrumentalists performing together b. a set of musical instruments of the same family III. verb Date: 1588 transitive verb 1. unite, associate 2. obsolete escort intransitive verb 1. to keep company <
consorting with criminals
>
2. obsolete to make harmony ; play 3. accord, harmonize <
the illustrations consort admirably with the text — Times Literary Supplement
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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Synonyms:
(especially a wife or a husband or one vessel of a fleet), ,


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