2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.]
Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,
Shalt with him hence.
Shak.
Consortable
(Con*sort"a*ble) a. Suitable for association or companionship. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Consortion
(Con*sor"tion) n. [L. consortio.] Fellowship; association; companionship. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
Consortship
(Con"sort*ship) n. The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.
Consound
(Con"sound) n. [Corrupted fr. F. consoude, fr L. consolida comfrey (so called because
supposed to have healing power); con- + solidus solid, consolidare to make solid. Cf. Comfrey, Consolidate.]
(Bot.) A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.
Conspecific
(Con`spe*cif"ic) a. Of the same species.
Conspectuity
(Con`spec*tu"i*ty) (- spek*tu"i*ty), n.; pl. Conspectuities The faculty of seeing; sight; eye.
[A word of Menenius's making. Coriolanus ii. 1.] Shak.
Conspectus
(Con*spec"tus) n. A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.
Conspersion
(Con*sper"sion) n. [L. conspersio, fr. conspergere to sprinkle.] The act of sprinkling.
[Obs.]
The conspersion washing the doorposts.
Jer. Taylor.
Conspicuity
(Con`spi*cu"i*ty) n. The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuousness.
[R.] Chapman.
Conspicuous
(Con*spic"u*ous) a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con- +
spicere, specere, to look. See Spy]
1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; 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.
2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as,
a conspicuous excellence, or fault.
A man who holds a conspicuous place in the political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of England.
Macaulay.
Syn. — Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent; celebrated. See Distinguished.
— Con*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. — Con*spic"u*ous*ness, n.
Conspiracy
(Con*spir"a*cy) n.; pl. Conspiracies [See Conspiration.]
