consonance (c.1150)
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consonance (c.1150)

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  FEW:  consonare 2/ii,1077b Gdf:  consonance 2,257a GdfC:  consonance 9,168a TL: consonance 2,743 DEAF:  consoner (consonance)  DMF:  consonance  / consonancie  TLF:  conson(n)ance  OED:  consonance n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  consonantia 454b
consonancie  

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1music(musical) note, sound (in a harmonious series): 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  Musike avom la quinte, qui tut fait acorder Par les consonances qui les fet demener  3844
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Kar nof consonances sunt De la terre al cel amunt  1979
turner en consonance
1 literature to put into rhyme, versify: 
( c.1150; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Mult avreit longes a penser Qui en romanz voldreit conter Et torner en consonancie Ses granz miracles et sa vie = S Nicholas'  1553
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