consort
sostantivoaggettivoverboattestato nei dialoghi
- Regno Unito//ˈkɒnsɔːt//
- Regno Unito//kənˈsɔːt//
- Stati Uniti//ˈkɑnsɔɹt//
- Stati Uniti//kənˈsɔɹt//
The spouse of a monarch.
sostantivo
- 1
The spouse of a monarch.
Wise, just, moderate, admirably pure of life, the friend of science, of freedom, of peace and all peaceful arts, the Consort of the Queen passes from our troubled sphere to that serene one where justice and peace reign eternal.
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A husband, wife, companion or partner.
In his death was lost to his consort an affectionate and beloved husband; […]
In the deep and retired channels of Tierra del Fuego, the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort, and standing close by each other on some distant rocky point, is a common feature in the landscape.
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An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
Pygmalion loathing their laſcivious Life, / Abhorr’d all Womankind, but moſt a Wife: / So ſingle choſe to live, and ſhunn’d to wed, / Well pleas’d to want a Conſort of his Bed.
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A ship accompanying another.
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Association or partnership.
That which gives diſtaſt to the Ear in it is a German by-word: and ſuch kind of things Lʳ. according to the humor of thoſe times, purſues with ſome fondneſs: take it ſingly, and it carries an air of levity, I confeſs; but, in conſort with the reſt, you ſee, has a meaning quite different from what this Author would inſinuate.
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A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
On thother ſide in one conſort there ſate, / Cruell Reuenge, and rancorous Deſpight, / Diſloyall Treaſon, and hart-burning Hate, […]
Lord, place me in thy consort.
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obsoletoHarmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
Sith then, it ſeemeth each thing to his powre / Doth vs inuite to make a ſad conſort; / Come let vs ioyne our mournfull ſong with theirs.
O may we ſoon again renew that Song, / And keep in tune with Heav’n, till God ere long / To his celeſtial conſort us unite, / To live with him, and ſing in endles morn of light.
Etimologia
Borrowed from Middle French, ultimately from Latin cōnsors. As “companion or partner”, via Middle English consorte.
aggettivo
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of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother took on nearly as many duties as queen dowager, after her husband's death, as she had had when she was queen consort during his reign.
verbo
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To associate or keep company (with).
Which of the Grecian Chiefs conſorts with Thee?
I had noticed also that Queequeg never consorted at all, or but very little, with the other seamen in the inn.
Being itself inferior and consorting with an inferior faculty it begets inferior offspring.
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To be in agreement.
Forme
- plurale
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- passato
- consorted
- participio passato
- consorted
- participio presente
- consorting
- 3ª persona singolare
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