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consorting

consorting is the present participle and gerund of consort.

Meaning of consort

Verb

consort (third-person singular simple present consorts, present participle consorting, simple past and past participle consorted)

  1. (intransitive) To associate or keep company (with).
    • If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live...1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany: or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as well in Manuscript as in Print...
    Synonyms:
    hang out, associate
  2. (intransitive) To be in agreement.
    Synonyms:
    agree, concur

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Words formed from consorting

Questions about consorting

What is consorting the present participle and gerund of?
Consorting is the present participle and gerund of consort.

Words near consorting in the dictionary

  1. consortes
  2. consortest
  3. consorteth
  4. consortia
  5. consortial
  6. consorting
  7. consortion
  8. consortism
  9. consortium
  10. consortiums
  11. consorts

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