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Consort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A companion; a partner; an intimate associate; particularly, a partner of the bed; a wife or husband.

2. He single chose to live, and shunnd to wed, well pleased to want a consort of his bed.

3. An assembly or association of persons, convened for consultation.

4. Union; conjunction; concurrence.

5. A number of instruments played together; a symphony; a concert. In this sense, concert is now used.

6. In navigation, any vessel keeping company with another.

7. 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 [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To associate; to unite in company; to keep company; followed by with.

2. Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee.

Consort [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To join; to marry.

2. With his consorted Eve.

3. To unite in company.

4. He begins to consort himself with men.

5. To accompany. [Not used.]

Consort [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

2. A ship keeping company with another.

3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.

4. An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination.

5. Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.

Consort [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.

Consort [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.

2. To attend; to accompany.

Consortable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Suitable.

Consortable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Suitable for association or companionship.

Consorted [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

United in marriage.

Consorted [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Consort

Consorting [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Uniting in company with; associating.

Consorting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Consort

Consortion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Fellowship. [Not used.]

Consortion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Fellowship; association; companionship.

Consortship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Fellowship; partnership.

Consortship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership.

Accompaniment Roget’s Thesaurus §88

N. accompaniment, adjunct, context, appendage, appurtenance, coexistence, concomitance, company, association, companionship, partnership, copartnership, coefficiency, concomitant, accessory, coefficient, companion, buddy, attendant, fellow, associate, friend, colleague, consort, spouse, mate, partner, co- partner, satellite, hanger on, fellow-traveller, shadow, escort, cortege, attribute

V. accompany, coexist, attend, hang on, wait on, go hand in hand with, synchronize, bear company, keep company, row in the same boat, bring in its train, associate with, couple with

Adj. accompanying, concomitant, fellow, twin, joint, associated with, coupled with, accessory, attendant, obbligato

Adv. with, withal, together with, along with, in company with, hand in hand, side by side, cheek by jowl, cheek by jole, arm in arm, therewith, herewith, and, together, in a body, collectively

Phr. noscitur a sociis, virtutis fortuna comes

Sociality Roget’s Thesaurus §892

N. sociality, sociability, sociableness, social intercourse, consociation, intercourse, intercommunity, consortship, companionship, comradeship, clubbism, esprit de corps, conviviality, good fellowship, good company, joviality, jollity, savoir vivre, festivity, festive board, merrymaking, loving cup|, hospitality, heartiness, cheer, welcome, welcomeness, greeting, hearty welcome, hearty reception, warm reception, urbanity, familiarity, good fellow, jolly fellow, bon enfant, bawcock, social circle, family circle, circle of acquaintance, coterie, society, company, social gathering, social reunion, assembly, barbecue, bee, corn-husking, corn-shucking, house raising, barn raising, husking, husking-bee, infare, party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione, soiree, matine, evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party, kettle, kettle drum, partie carre, dish of tea, ridotto, rout|, housewarming, ball, festival &c, smoker, smoker-party, sociable, stag party, hen party, tamasha|, tea-party, tea-fight*, (amusement) 840, "the feast of reason and the flow of soul", birthday party, christmas party, new year's eve party, thanksgiving day dinner, bonenkai, wedding reception, visiting, round of visits, call, morning call, interview, assignation, tryst, trysting place, appointment, club

V. be sociable, know, be acquainted, associate with, sort with, keep company with, walk hand in hand with, eat off the same trencher, club together, consort, bear one company, join, make acquaintance with, make advances, fraternize, embrace, be at home with, feel at home with, make oneself at home with, make free with, crack a bottle with, receive hospitality, live at free quarters, find the latchstring out, visit, pay a visit, interchange visits, interchange cards, call at, call upon, leave a card, drop in, look in, look one up, beat up one's quarters, entertain, give a party, be at home, see one's friends, hang out, keep open house, do the honors, receive, receive with open arms, welcome, give a warm reception, to kill the fatted calf

Adj. sociable, companionable, clubbable, conversable, cosy, cosey, chatty, conversational, homiletical, convivial, festive, festal, jovial, jolly, hospitable, welcome, welcome as the roses in may, fted, entertained, free and easy, hall fellow well met, familiar, on visiting terms, acquainted, social, neighborly, international, gregarious

Adv. en famille, in the family circle, sans fa on, sans ceremonie, arm in arm

Phr. "a crowd is not company", "be bright and jovial among your guests tonight", "his worth is warrant for his welcome", "let's be red with mirth", "welcome the coming speed the parting guest"

Marriage Roget’s Thesaurus §903

N. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union, intermarriage, miscegenation, the bonds of marriage, vinculum matrimonii, nuptial tie, married state, coverture, bed, cohabitation, match, betrothment, wedding, nuptials, hymen, bridal, espousals, spousals, leading to the altar, nuptial benediction, epithalamium, sealing, torch of hymen, temple of hymen, hymeneal altar, honeymoon, bridesmaid, bridesman, best man, bride, bridegroom, married man, married woman, married couple, neogamist, benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate, husband, man, consort, baron, old man, good man, wife of one's bosom, helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife, feme, feme coverte, squaw, lady, matron, matronage, matronhood, man and wife, wedded pair, darby and joan, spiritual wife, monogamy, bigamy, digamy, deuterogamy, trigamy, polygamy, mormonism, levirate, spiritual wifery, spiritual wifeism, polyandrism, turk, bluebeard, unlawful marriage, left-handed marriage, morganatic marriage, ill- assorted marriage, mesalliance, mariage de convenance, marriage broker, matrimonial agency, matrimonial agent, matrimonial bureau, matchmaker, schatchen

V. marry, wive, take to oneself a wife, be married, be spliced, go off, pair off, wed, espouse, get hitched, lead to the hymeneal altar, take "for better for worse", give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon, marry, join, handfast, couple, tie the nuptial knot, give away, give away in marriage, seal, ally, affiance, betroth, publish the banns, bid the banns, be asked in church

Adj. married, one, one bone and one flesh, marriageable, nubile, engaged, betrothed, affianced, matrimonial, marital, conjugal, connubial, wedded, nuptial, hymeneal, spousal, bridal

Phr. the gray mare the better horse, "a world-without-end bargain", "marriages are made in heaven", "render me worthy of this noble wife", si qua voles apte nubere nube pari