Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consort \Con*sort"\, v. t.
   1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company,
      marriage, etc.; to associate.

            He with his consorted Eve.            --Milton.

            For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there
            consorted in one harmony.             --Spenser.

            He begins to consort himself with men. --Locke.

   2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.]

            Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,
            Shalt with him hence.                 --Shak.

Consort \Con"sort\ (k[o^]n"s[^o]rt), n. [L. consore, -sortis;
   con- + sors lot, fate, share. See {Sort}.]
   1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner;
      especially, a wife or husband. --Milton.

            He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well
            pleased to want a consort of his bed. --Dryden.

            The consort of the queen has passed from this
            troubled sphere.                      --Thakeray.

            The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his
            darker consort.                       --Darwin.

   2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another.

   3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.
      ``By Heaven's consort.'' --Fuller. ``Working in consort.''
      --Hare.

            Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity;
            but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite
            different.                            --Atterbury.

   4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a
      company; a group; a combination. [Obs.]

            In one consort' there sat Cruel revenge and
            rancorous despite, Disloyal treason, and
            heart-burning hate.                   --Spenser.

            Lord, place me in thy consort.        --Herbert.

   5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert,
      as of musical instruments. [Obs.] --Milton.

            To make a sad consort'; Come, let us join our
            mournful song with theirs.            --Spenser.

Consort \Con*sort"\ (k[o^]n*s[^o]rt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
   {Consorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consorting}.]
   To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.

         Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?
                                                  --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

consort
     n 1: the husband or wife of a reigning monarch
     2: a family of similar musical instrument playing together
        [syn: {choir}]
     v 1: keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with
          strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
          [syn: {associate}, {affiliate}, {assort}]
     2: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas
        concorded" [syn: {harmonize}, {harmonise}, {accord}, {concord},
         {fit in}, {agree}]
     3: keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls ot produce
        offspring" [syn: {run}]