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Young Goodman Brown
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- Being a stranger to you, she might ask whom I was consorting with and whither I was going.
*consorting = spending time together -- especially leisure time with people considered undesirable
- But, irreverently consorting with these grave, reputable, and pious people, these elders of the church, these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men of dissolute lives and women of spotted fame, wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice, and suspected even of horrid crimes.†
Definitions:
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(consort as in: consort together) associate with (spend time with) -- often spending leisure time with people considered undesirable; or one of the people with whom time is spent
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(consort as in: consort to the queen) a husband, wife, or sexual companion -- especially of a reigning monarch
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) The husband of a ruling queen (or princess) is sometimes called a prince consort. For less common senses of consort, see a comprehensive dictionary.