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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·sort
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
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
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 English Etymology consort consort (n.) 1419, "partner," from M.Fr . consort "colleague, partner, wife," from L. consortem (nom. consors, gen. consortis) "partner, neighbor," from com- "with" + sors "a share, lot" (see sort). Sense of "husband or wife" ("partner in marriage") is 1634. The verb is from 1588. Confused in form and sense with concert since 1584.http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 consort con·sort noun/ 5kCnsC:t; NAmE 5kB:nsC:rt / 1. the husband or wife of a ruler (统治者的)配偶: the prince consort (= the queen's husband) 亲王(女王的丈夫) 2. a group of old-fashioned musical instruments, or a group of musicians who play music from several centuries ago 一组(古乐器)；一组(演奏几世纪前音乐的乐师)verb/ kEn5sC:t; NAmE -5sC:rt / [V] ~ with sb (formal) to spend time with sb that other people do not approve of 厮混；鬼混: He is known to have consorted with prostitutes. 众所周知他曾与妓女厮混在一起。 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged con·sort I. \ˈkänˌsȯrt, -sȯ(ə)t, usu -d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin consort-, consors, from com- + sort-, sors lot, fate, share — more at sort : one that shares the company of or is associated with another: as a. obsolete : a colleague of one's profession or official office b. : companion < the criminal and his semirespectable consorts > < the second volume is in every respect a splendid consort of the first > specifically : a ship accompanying another < far astern … he could see the brown sail and the red sail of their consorts — C.S.Forester > c. : a wife or husband : spouse , mate < the queen attended the opening of the exhibition with her consort > — compare prince consort II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French consorte company, from consort 1. obsolete : assembly , company , group < in one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite — Edmund Spenser > 2. : concurrence or accord : conjunction , association < I can claim that poetry … had consort with me through life — A.T.Quiller-Couch > — often used with in < he ruled in consort with his father > 3. [probably by folk etymology from Middle French concert — more at concert ] a. : a group of musicians entertaining by voice or instrument or the entertainment they afford b. obsolete : harmony of sounds c. : a set of 16th and 17th century musical instruments of the same family (as viols) played in concert III. \kənˈsȯ(ə)rt, -sȯ(ə)t sometimes ˈkänˌsȯrt, -ˌsȯ(ə)t, i usually -d.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: consort (I) transitive verb 1. : to unite especially in affection, harmony, company, marriage : associate < the ideas that naturally consort themselves with the word civilization — Isaac Taylor > 2. [consort (II) (harmony of sounds)] obsolete : to sound in harmony : harmonize 3. obsolete : escort , attend , accompany intransitive verb 1. : to keep company < a unit's soldiery … consorting with women — Fred Majdalany > < from this time on he consorted more and more with Methodists — Allen Johnson > 2. [consort (II) (harmony of sounds)] obsolete : to make harmony : play 3. [consort (II) (accord)] : to be or come into accord : harmonize < except in matters of doctrine Pilgrim and Puritan consorted ill together — V.L.Parrington > < the statement of faith … is so inane that … an apostate … can easily consort to it — H.H.Savage > < the illustrations consort admirably with the text — Times Literary Supplement > |
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