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<hw>Con"so*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consonus</ets>. See <er>Consonant</er>.]</ety> <def>Agreeing in sound; symphonious.</def>

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<hw>Con*so`pi*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

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<hw>Con"so*pite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consopitus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>consopire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lulled to sleep.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

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<hw>Con"so*pite</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To lull to sleep; to quiet; to compose.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The operation of the masculine faculties of the soul were, for a while, well slacked and <b>consopited</b>. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Con"sort</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consore</ets>, <ets>-sortis</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>sors</ets> lot, fate, share. See <er>Sort</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a <b>consort</b> of his bed. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>consort</b> of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. <i>Thakeray.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker <b>consort</b>. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A ship keeping company with another.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.</def> "By Heaven's <i>consort</i>." <i>Fuller.</i> "Working in <i>consort</i>." <i>Hare.</i>

<blockquote>Take it singly, and is carries an air of levity; but, in <b>consort</b> with the rest, has a meaning quite different. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <ety>[LL. <ets>consortium</ets>.]</ety> <def>An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. </def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>In one <b>consort</b> there sat Cruel revenge and rancorious despite, Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Lord, place me in thy <b>consort</b>. <i>Herbert.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <ety>[Perh. confused with <ets>concert</ets>.]</ety> <def>Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>To make a sad <b>consort`</b>; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<cs><col>Prince consort</col>, <cd>the husband of a queen regnant.</cd> -- <col>Queen consort</col>, <cd>the wife of a king, as distinguished from a <i>queen regnant<i>, who rules alone, and a <i>queen dowager<i>, the window of a king.</cd></cs>

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