consonantic 
consonantic (kon-so-nan'tik), a. [< consonant 
+ -ic.] Consonantal. [Kare.] 
Consonantic bases, or, of the vocalic, those which end 
ill u M, a vowel of a decided consonantic quality, are most 
ant to preserve the inflections in their unaltered form. 
Cliantbers's Encyc. 
The language [Chilian] evinces some tendency towards 
nasalization of the consonantic elements. Science, III. 550. 
consonantism (kon'so-nan-tizm), n. [< conso- 
nant + -ism.] The consonantal sounds of a 
language collectively considered, or their spe- 
cial character ; pronunciation or phonology of 
consonants. 
In treating of the vocalism, the pronunciation of the 
early empire is made the starting-point, the deviations of 
earlier and later periods being noted. The same is true 
of consonantism. Amer. Jour. Philol, VII. 24i. 
consonantly (kon'so-nant-li), adv. Harmoni- 
ously ; in agreement ; consistently. 
This as consonantly it preacheth, teacheth, and deliver- 
eth, as if but one tongue did speak for all. Hooker. 
consonantness (kon'so-nant-nes), . Harmo- 
niousness; agreeableness; consistency. 
consonating (kon ' so -na- ting), a. [Ppr. of 
* consonate, assumed from consonant, q. v.] 
responding sympathetically to the vibrations 
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The famous sepulchral church [of Bourg] . . . lies at a 
fortunate distance from the town, which, though morten- 
sive is of too common a stamp to consort mth such a 
treasure. U. James, Jr., Little Tour, p. 242. 
II. trans. 1. To join; marry; espouse. 
He, with his consorted Eve, 
The story heard attentive. Milton, P. L, vii. 50. 
2. To unite in company; associate: followed 
by with. 
What citizen is that you were consorted withi 
conspicable 
The consortium of the banks came to a close on the 30th 
June 1881, and the "consortial " notes actually current are 
formed into a direct national debt. 
Encyc. lint., XIII. 466. 
consortmentt (kou-sort'ment), . [< consoi-fl 
+ -ment.] A keeping or consorting together; 
association as consorts. 
The rest of the ships shall tacke or take off their sailes 
in such sort as they may meete and come together, . . . 
to the intent to keepe Qtecongortment exactly in all poynts. 
Haklui/t's Voyages, I. 296. 
e"ry Man out of his Humour, iii. 1. consortsMp (kon'sort-ship), n.' [< consort + 
. state of being a consort or con- 
^ 
Consort me quick . 
M. jttovaon cAroers r-iig. uai-iiei, i. *>/. ~--f-j 
sorts; partnership; fellowship. 
He begins to consort himself with men. 
Locke, Education. Accordingly articles of consortship were drawn between 
the said captains and masters. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 3. 
But to return to our Voyage in hand ; when both our 
Ships were clean, and our Water filled, Captain Davis and 
, 
Captain Eaton broke off Coiwortships. 
Dam-pier, Voyages, I. 129. 
3. To unite in symphony or harmony. 
Consort both heart aud lute, and twist a song 
Pleasant and long. G. Herbert, Easter. 
4. To accompany. 
Sweet health and fair desires consort your grace ! 
Shak., L. L. L., ii. 1. 
And they 
Consorted other deities, replete with passions. 
Chapman, Iliad, viii. 385. 
[In all its transitive senses rare or obsolete.] 
c vrofov:^& 
oFanothe"? sounding body of the same pitch.- Sp. Pg. consordo = It.consorzio, m., < L. con- 
sortium, neut., fellowship, society, community ^^^omfrey (so calledfrom its supposed 
Consonating cavities, cavities resounding to certain 
notes originating outside of them. 
consonous (kon ' so - nus), a. [< L. consonus. 
2f. An association ; a company. 
Morton thinking himself lawless, and hearing what gain 
the fishermen made of trading of pieces, powder and shot, 
he, as head of this consortship, began the practice of the 
same in these parts. 
A'. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 138. 
v _ [A corruption of F. 
consoude = Pr. consouda, cossouda = Sp. conso- 
= Pg. consolda = It. consolida, < LL. ML. 
of goods, < consor(t-)s, a partner: see 
(with which consort* is partly co 
healing power). 
assembly or company, 
Great . . . boats which divide themselves into divers 
companies, five or six boats in 
sounding together^ agreeing, < com-, together, c f_ consortium, consortion. See also consort 3 .] 
+ sonars, sound, sonus, a sound: see sound .] 
Agreeing in sound ; symphonious. [Bare.] 
consopiatet (kon-so'pi-at), v. t. An improper 
form of consopite. 
consopiationt (kon-so-pi-a'shon), n. [< coitso- 
piate.] A lulling asleep. 
One of his lordship's maxims is that a total abstinence 
from intemperance ... is no more philosophy than a to- 
tal consopiatioii of the senses is repose. I'ope, To Digby. 
consopitet, v. t. [< L. consopitus, pp_. of conso- 
In one consort there sat 
Cruell Revenge, and rancorous Despight, 
Disloyall Treason, and hart-burning Hate. 
Spenser, F. Q., II. vii. 22. 
Do you remember me? do you remember 
When you and your consort travell'd through Hungary? 
Fletcher (and another), Queen of Corinth, ii. 4. 
< L. consolulare, make solid: 
A name formerly given to 
several plants, as the comfrey, the daisy (Bellis 
perennis), the bugle (Ajuga reptans), and the 
wild larkspur (Delphinium Consolida). 
Voyages, I. 478. Conspecies (kon-spe'shez), tt. [NL., < con- + 
species.] In JooV., a subspecies or variety ; a 
climatic or geographical race belonging to the 
same species as another ; a form recognizably 
different from another, yet not specifically dis- 
tinct. 
Limuuus . . . experienced the inadequacy of his system 
to deal binomially with those lesser groups than species, 
pire, lull to sleep, < com- + SOpire, sleep, < SO- g pec i nca lly 2 A company of musicians ; an commonly caiied'varieties, now better designated as coil.- 
por, a deep sleep: see sopor.] To compose; o r cnes tra species or subspecies. Cones, Key to N. A. Birds, p. 79. 
lull to sleep. 
By the same degree that the higher powers are invigo- 
rated, the lower arc consopited and abated. 
Glaneille, Pre-existence of Souls. 
consopitet, [< L. conso/iitus, pp. : see the 
verb.] Calm; composed; lulled. 
Its clamorous tongue thus being consopUe. 
Dr. II. Mure, Psychathanasia, III. iii. 43. 
con sordini (kon sor-de'ne) 
mutes or dampers : con, < L. 
dini, pi. of sordino, mute, damper, low-sound- 
ing pipe, < sordo, deaf, < L. surdus, deaf : see 
My music! give my lord a taste of his welcome. [A strain COnSpecific (kon-spe-sif'ik), a. [< conspecies ; 
played by the cwwort.] iliddleton, Mad World, ii. 1. as con- + specific.] Belonging to the same spe- 
cies ; more particularly, having the character 
of a couspecies. 
conspectablet (kpu-spek'ta-bl), a. [< ML. as if 
"coiispectabilis, < conspectare, see, freq. of L. con- 
spicere, pp. conspectus, look at: see conspicu- 
ous.'] Easy to be seen. Bailey. 
A consort of roarers for music. 
B. Joiison, Bartholomew Fair, Ind. 
3. Concert; concurrence; agreement. 
I'll lend you mirth, sir, 
If yon will be in consort. 
Ford, Perkin Warbeck, iii. 2. j 
[It., with the consort of viols. SameascAeseo/t)io(*(whichsee, under conspectiont (kon-spek'shon), n. [< OP. con- 
cunt, with; so)-- chesti). To keep consort*, to keep company. speetion, < LL. conspectio(n-), < L. conspicere, 
Yon, that will keep consort with such fiddlers, 
Pragmatic flies, fools, publicans, and moths. o.,,..,,,,., ^ ., B - -a 
co^-~and surd.] In music, a direction to per- B. Jo,i* m , Magnetick Lady, u. i. co ' nspectuityt (kou-spek-tu'i-ti), [Ieg- 
form a passage, if on the pianoforte, with the consort 3 t (kon-sort'), . A former spelling of conspicmtij) < L. conspectus, a view, sight: 
soft pedal held down, and if on the violin and concert, by confusion with consort^. 
brass instruments, with the mute on. It is Ay caroling of love and jollity, 
sometimes abbreviated C. S. That wonder was to heare their trim consort. 
consort 1 (kon'sdrt), n. [= F. consort, m., as- Spenser, r. Q., ill. in. to. 
sociate, consort (usually in pi. consorts, associ- consortable (kon-sor'ta-bl), a. [< consort 1 + 
ates, husband and wile), OF. consort, m., eon- -able.] Companionable ; conformable. [Bare.] 
sorte, f . , = Sp. Pg. It. consorte, < L. COitsorS (con- A good conscience and a good courtier are amsortaUc. 
sort-), a partner, brother or sister, ML. a neigh- W. Montague, Devoute Essays, p. 98. 
pp. conspectus, look at : see conspicuous. Cf . H- 
spection.] A beholding. Cotgrare. 
conspectui 
conspicuity) <. Li. conspectus, a view, signi : see 
conspectus.] Sight ; view ; organ of sight ; eye. 
[Ludicrous.] 
What harm can your bisson conspectuities glean out of 
this character? Shak., Cor., ii. 1. 
bor, a wife, lit. sharing property with, < com-, consor tert (kon-s6r'ter), n. One who consorts 
together, + sors (sort-), a lot : see sort. Cf. as- wlth anot h e r ';' a companion ; an associate. Up. 
sort, and see consort*, consort*.] 1. A compan- gurnet. 
ion; a partner; an intimate associate ; particu- consor tial (kon-sor'shal), a. [= F. consortial; be "readily' seen at one time, or the items so 
larly, a wife or a husband ; a spouse. ag consortium + -al.] Of or pertaining to a con- grouped ; a digest or resume of a subject : used 
"" * '" - ' --'< *~ sortium ; of the nature of or resulting from an chiefly of scientific or other technical treatises. 
conspectus (kou-spek'tus), n. [= F. conspect, 
a general view, = It. conspetto, look, appear- 
ance, < L. conspectus, a view, mental view, sur- 
vey, < conspicere, pp. conspectus, look at: see 
conspicuous, and cf . prospectus, prospect, retro- 
spect.] 1. A vie wing together; a comprehen- 
sive survey. 2. A grouping together so as to 
These were great companions and consorts together. 
Cm-vat, Crudities, I. 66. 
My worthy Consort Mr. Ringrose commends most the 
Guiaquil Nut. Dumpier, Voyages, I. 60. 
association or union. 
The remaining 600,000,000 [lire] to be employed in with- 
drawing from circulation that amount of the consortial or 
union notes. Encyc. Brit. , XIII. 466. 
Wise, just, moderate, admirably pure of life, the friend 
of peace and of all peaceful arts, the consort of the queen . , . ,. T 
has passed from this troubled sphere to that serene one COnSOrtlOnt (kon-SOr Shon), 11. [< L. COnsOI- 
where justice and peace reign eternal. Thackeray, tio(n-), fellowship, partnership, \ consors (COH- 
The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his sort-): see consort 1 , and cf. consort"*.] Fellow- 
darker consort. ship : companionship. 
Darwin, Voyage Round the World, ix. 200. 
Be critical in thy consortion. 
2. Naut., a vessel keeping company with an- Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., ii. 9. 
other, or one of a number of vessels sailing in consor ti sm (kon ' s6r-tizm), n. [< consort + 
conjunction. -j.vw.] In biol., the vital association or union 
We met with many of the Queenes ships, our owne con- f or Jif e o f t wo or more different organisms, as 
'^^t^Kt. John Smith's True Travels, 1. 105. a plant and an animal each being dependent 
A conspectus of the bad spellings which are common is 
often helpful for the emendation of difficult glosses. 
Trans. Amer. Philol. Ass., XV. 126. 
There is no book extant in any language which gives a 
conspectus of all those well-marked and widely-varying 
literary forms which have differentiated themselves in the 
course of time. S. Lamer, The English Novel, p. 
= Syn 2 Compendium, Compend, etc. See abridgment. 
consperse (kon-spers'), a. [< L. conspersns, 
pp. of conspergere, sprinkle, < com-, together, + 
spargere, sprinkle : see sparse, and cf. asperse, 
disperse.] Sprinkled ; spotted. Specifically, in 
entom. : (a) Thickly and irregularly strewn, so as to be 
crowded in some places and scattered in others : as, con- 
dots or punctures. (')) Thickly and irregularly 
Prince consort, a prince who is the husband of a queen 
regnant, but has himself no royal authority. Queen COn- 
sort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen reg- 
nant, who rules iu person, and a queen dowager, the widow 
of a king. 
consort 1 (kon-sort'), . [< consort 1 , n. Cf. con- 
sort 2 .] I. intrans. To associate ; unite in com- 
pany ; keep company ; be in harmony : followed 
by with. 
Waller docs not seem to have cottsartfd with any of the 
poets of his own youth. 
E. Gvw, From Shakespeare to Pope, p. 50. 
- r >j,i niiMi-ii >vith minute colored dots : said of a surface. 
upon the other m its physiological activities ; conspersiont (kon-sper'shon), n. [< OF. con- 
symbiosis. Consortism is a kind of consortion or fel- xncrxinii, coii.ijiiii'xidii. < LL". conspersio(n-), < L. 
lowship more intimate and necessary than that of com- eons1)eraere sprinkle : see consperse.] A spriu- 
mensals or inquilines, and differs from parasitism in thiit 
each organism needs the other for its well-being. See 
The fungi which are concerned in the constitution of 
lichens maintain witli the algal components throughout 
K/II-I-HIIIII, COIIXIHII-!. 
mimpi ij/erc, 
kling. 
The conspersion and washing the door-posts with the 
blood of a lamb did sacrameutally preserve ail the first- 
born of Goshen. Jcr. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 136. 
life relations of consortism. Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 266. cOnSpicablet, " [X LL. COnspicaMlis, visible, < 
consortium (kon-s6r'shi-um), n. [< L. consor- L. conxpicuri, sec. descry, < cmispictre, look at, 
Hum, fellowship: see consort^.] Fellowship; see: see 
association ; union ; coalition. seen. 
Evident; easy to be 
