† consortiveadj.
Obsolete. rare.
? Adapted for ‘consort’ (n.2 3); fit for playing in concert.
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1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana 358 Other scarce Consortive Instruments, such as the Virginalls and Lute.
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adj.1654- to beat a a thing into fits
- to beat a bargain
- to beat a brook
- to beat a carpet
- to beat a charge
- to beat a curvet
- to beat a drum
- to beat a parley
- to beat a path
- to beat a person at etc own game
- to beat a person at her own game
- to beat a person at his own game
- to beat a person black and blue
- to beat a person into fits
- to beat a person on the draw
- to beat a person senseless
- to beat a person stupid
- to beat a person to the draw
- to beat a person to the punch
- to beat a person's head off
- to beat a retreat
- to beat a signal
- to beat a tattoo
- to beat a the bargain
- to beat a thing into one's head