con sonantic

[Eng. consonant; -ic.] Relating to or partaking of the nature of a consonant; consonantal. "Con sonantic bases, or, of the vocalic, those which end in u (v), a vowel of a decided con sonantic quality, ar most apt to preserve the inflections in their unaltered form."-Chambers: Encycl, ( Ogilvie .) còn số nạnt-ly, adv . [Eng. consonant; -ly.] In a consistent manner; consistently, agreeably. con-so-nant-ne , s. [Eng. consonant; -ne .] The quality of being consonant; consistency, ac cord. IMG:content-0698.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] 3. Used catachrestically for concert (q. v.). (1) A number of instruments playing in harmony together. "A consort of music in a banquet of wine, is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold."-Ecclesiastic us xxxii. 5. (2) Harmony. "Visit by night your lady's chamber-window With some sweet consort ." Shakesp.: Two Gent. of Ver ., iii. 2. (Folio ed., 1623.) B. Technically : Polit . (Queen Consort): The wife of a king, as distinguished from a Queen Regnant or Queen Dowager. (Prince Consort): The husband of a IMG:content-0699.png:[blocks in formation] mental tone. ( Stainer & Barrett.) IMG:content-0700.png:[blocks in formation] Milton: P. L., bk. vii. *3. In harmony or accord. "Sundry consorted instruments they held in their arms."-Sidney: Arcadia , bk. ii. con-sort-er, s. [Eng. consort; -er.] A confederate, an accomplice, a companion, an abettor. "All and every their coadjutors, counsellors, consorters , procurers, abetters and maintainers." -Burnet: Records, pt. ii., bk. ii., No. 32.