The Only Use of
consonance
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- But let me conjure you, by the rights of our fellowship, by the consonancy of our youth, by the obligation of our ever-preserved love, and by what more dear a better proposer could charge you withal, be even and direct with me, whether you were sent for or no. Ros.†
Scene 2.2
Definition:
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(consonance) in keeping with (or in harmony with)especially in these 3 senses:
- to sound harmonious -- as in "musical consonance"
- for parts to work harmoniously together -- as in "Get our departments to work in consonance."
- the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words -- such as "last but not least"