He single chose to live, and shunned to wed,
Well pleased to want a consort of his bed.
Dryden.

The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.
Thakeray.

The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort.
Darwin.

Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different.
Atterbury.

In one consort' there sat
Cruel revenge and rancorous despite,
Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate.
Spenser.

Lord, place me in thy consort.
Herbert.

To make a sad consort';
Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.
Spenser.

Prince consort, the husband of a queen regnant. -- Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king.

Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?
Dryden.

He with his consorted Eve.
Milton.

For all that pleasing is to living ears
Was there consorted in one harmony.
Spenser.

He begins to consort himself with men.
Locke.

Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,
Shalt with him hence.
Shak.