nonsport

n. [ L. consore, -sortis; con- + sors lot, fate, share. See Sort. ] 1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He single chose to live, and shunned to wed,
Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. Thakeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. “By Heaven's consort.” Fuller. “Working in consort.” Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ LL. consortium. ] An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In one consort' there sat
Cruel revenge and rancorous despite,
Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord, place me in thy consort. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ Perh. confused with concert. ] Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make a sad consort';
Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate. [ 1913 Webster ]

He with his consorted Eve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For all that pleasing is to living ears
Was there consorted in one harmony. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He begins to consort himself with men. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To attend; to accompany. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,
Shalt with him hence. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable for association or companionship. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consortio. ] Fellowship; association; companionship. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]