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<hw>Con*sort"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Consorted</er>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Consorting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with <i>with</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Which of the Grecian chiefs <b>consorts</b> with thee? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consort</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*sort"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.</def>

<blockquote>He with his <b>consorted</b> Eve. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there <b>consorted</b> in one harmony. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He begins to <b>consort</b> himself with men. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To attend; to accompany.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou, wretched boy, that didst <b>consort</b> him here, Shalt with him hence. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consortable</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*sort"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Suitable for association or companionship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Consortion</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*sor"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consortio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Fellowship; association; companionship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Consortship</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con"sort*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Consound</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con"sound</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. F. <ets>consoude</ets>, fr L. <ets>consolida</ets> comfrey (so called because supposed to have healing power); <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>solidus</ets> solid, <ets>consolidare</ets> to make solid. Cf. <er>Comfrey</er>, <er>Consolidate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.</def>

<h1>Conspecific</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con`spe*cif"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the same species.</def>

<h1>Conspectuity</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con`spec*tu"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Conspectuities</plw>.</plu> <def>The faculty of seeing; sight; eye.</def> <note>[A word of Menenius's making. <i>Coriolanus ii. 1</i>]</note>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Conspectus</h1> <Xpage=309>

<hw>Con*spec"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.</def>

<h1>Conspersion</h1> <Xpage=309>