Obs. or arch. [ad. L. consortiōn-em fellowship, partnership, consort, f. consort-em CONSORT sb.1: see -ION.]

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  1.  Consorting or keeping company with others; intercourse.

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1682.  Sir T. Browne, Chr. Mor., II. 9. Be critical in thy consortion. Ibid. (1756), 95. The consortion of men, whereby they become better or worse.

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1886.  J. Payne, trans. Boccaccio’s Decam., I. 14. Converse and consortion with the sick.

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  2.  Of states: Alliance, union in action.

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1803.  W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., I. 445. A combination of the northern states on a basis favourable to their eventual freedom and consortion.

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