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To change into, or use as, a consonant. "The vowel is consonantized, that is, made closer in position." Peile.

In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.

The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.

Agreeing in sound; symphonious.

The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep. [Obs.] Pope.

The operation of the masculine faculties of the soul were, for a while, well slacked and consopited. Dr. H. More.

e or husband. Milton. 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.

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

Fellowship; association; companionship. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.

A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.

Of the same species.

The faculty of seeing; sight; eye.

A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.

The act of sprinkling. [Obs.] The conspersion washing the doorposts. Jer. Taylor.

The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuosness. [R.] Chapman.

isible; manifest; attracting the eye. It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton. Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess stood. Sir W. Scott.

men for an evil purpose; as agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot. When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to point. Chaucer. They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah]. 2 Kings xiv. 19. I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and his confederates.…

Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring. [Obs.] Shak.