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consort | bride |

As a proper noun consort

is a village in alberta, canada.

As a noun bride is

a slant, a person of east asian descent.

As a verb bride is

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consort

English

Noun

  • The spouse of a monarch.
  • A husband, wife, companion or partner.
  • * Dryden
    • He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, / Well pleased to want a consort of his bed.
  • * Thackeray
    • The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.
  • * Darwin
    • the snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort
  • A ship accompanying another.
  • (uncountable) Association or partnership.
  • * Atterbury
    • Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different.
  • A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
  • * Spenser
    • In one consort there sat / Cruel revenge and rancorous despite, / Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate.
  • * Herbert
    • Lord, place me in thy consort .
  • (obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
  • * Spenser
    • To make a sad consort , / Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.
    (Milton)

    Synonyms

    * companion, escort * (sense) association, partnership * (group of musicians) band, group

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To associate or keep company.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 457,
    • Being itself inferior and consorting with an inferior faculty it begets inferior offspring.
  • To be in agreement.
  • To associate or unite in company with.
  • * Dryden
    • Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?

    Synonyms

    * (associate or keep company) hang out (slang) * (be in agreement) agree, concur * (associate or unite in company with) associate, hang out (slang)

    Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    bride

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
  • * Bible, (w) xxi. 9
    • I will show thee the bride , the Lamb's wife.
  • * (1709-1773)
    • Has by his own experience tried / How much the wife is dearer than the bride .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
  • An object ardently loved.
    • Derived terms
    * bridezilla * bride-to-be
    Coordinate terms
    * bridegroom * groom
    Derived terms
    * * bridal * bride gift * bridegroom * bridezilla * bridely * bride price * bridesmaid * bride-to-be * bride wealth * off like a bride's nightie * war bride * would-be bride
    See also
    * husband-to-be * wife-to-be

    Verb

    (brid)
  • (obsolete) To make a bride of.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.

    • Anagrams

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