CONSORT

I. noun see: series Date: 15th century associate , a ship accompanying another, spouse , II. noun Etymology: Middle French ~e, from ~ Date: 1584 conjunction , association , group , assembly , 3. a group of singers or instrumentalists performing together, a set of musical instruments of the same family, III. verb Date: 1588 transitive verb unite , associate , escort , intransitive verb to keep company , to make harmony ; play , accord , harmonize