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.†Scene 2.2
Definition:
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"