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Definition
spend time with — especially spending leisure time with people considered undesirable; or one of the people with whom time is spent
- Come, he hath hid himself among these trees,
To be consorted with the humorous night:
Blind is his love, and best befits the dark.2.1 — Act 2 Scene 1 — An open place adjoining Capulet's Garden (77% in)
consorted = spending time together
- Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo,— Mercutio.3.1 — Act 3 Scene 1 — A public Place (23% in)
- Consort! what, dost thou make us minstrels?3.1 — Act 3 Scene 1 — A public Place (23% in)
- Zounds, consort!3.1 — Act 3 Scene 1 — A public Place (25% in)
- Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence.3.1 — Act 3 Scene 1 — A public Place (66% in)
- Who is it that consorts, so late, the dead?5.3 — Act 5 Scene 3 — A churchyard; in it a Monument.... (40% in)
consortest = keeps company
(Editor's note: Today, the suffix "-est" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou consortest" in older English, today we say "You consort.")
(Editor's note: Today, the suffix "-est" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou consortest" in older English, today we say "You consort.")
consort = keep company with
consort = spend time together
(editor's note: Zounds was an exclamation of that time used to express indignation, anger, or surprise.)
(editor's note: Zounds was an exclamation of that time used to express indignation, anger, or surprise.)
consort = accompany
consorts = keeps company
There are no more uses of "consort" in Romeo and Juliet.
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