consopiationt (konsopiashon)

[ One of his lordship's maxims is that a total abstinence from intemperance is no more philosophy than a total con sop i at i on of the senses is repose. Pope , To Digby. consopitet, v. t. [L. consopitus , pp. of con so pire , lull to sleep, com- + sopire , sleep, 80 por , a deep sleep: see sopor .] To compose; lull to sleep. IMG:content-1125.png:[blocks in formation] cons pic able The consortium of the banks came to a close on the 30th June 1881, and the "consortial" notes actually current are formed into a direct national debt. Encyc. Brit., XIII. 466. consortmentt (kon-sort'ment), n. [ The rest of the ships shall tacke or take off their sailes in such sort as they may meete and come together, to the intent to keepe the con sortment exactly in all poynts. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 296. consort ship (kon'sôrt-ship), n. [ -ship .] 1. The state of being a consort or con- sorts; partnership; fellowship. Accordingly articles of consort ship were drawn between the said captains and masters. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 3. But to return to our Voyage in hand; when both our Ships were clean, and our Water filled, Captain Davis and Captain Eaton broke off Consort ships . Dampier , Voyages, I. 129. Shak ., L. L. L., ii. 1. 21. An a ociation; a company. And they Consorted other deities, replete with pa ions. Chapman , Iliad, viii. 385. [In all its transitive senses rare or obsolete.] consort24, n. [ consorce , f., consortia , f.; cf. Sp. Pg. consorcio = It. consorzio, m., consort2 is partly confused), and cf. consortium, consort i on. See also consort3.] 1. An a embly or company. Great boats which divide themselves into divers companies, five or six boats in a consort. Morton thinking himself lawle , and hearing what gain the fishermen made of trading of pieces, powder and shot, he, as head of this consort ship , began the practice of the same in these parts. N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 138.