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Definition of Consist

1. Verb. Originate (in). "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

2. Verb. Have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in. "What does love consist in?"

3. Verb. Be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous. "Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end"

4. Verb. Be composed of. "What does this dish consist of?"

Definition of Consist

1. v. i. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.

Definition of Consist

1. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To exist, to be. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To be comprised or contained (term in). ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To be composed, formed, or made up (term of). ¹

4. Noun. (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Consist

1. to be made up or composed [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Consist

consignificative consignified consignifies consignify consignifying consigning consignment consignments consignor consignors

consigns consilience consiliences consilient consilium abeundi consist (current term) consist in consistant consisted consisted in

consistence consistences consistencies consistency consistency principle consistent consistently consistents consisteth consisting

Literary usage of Consist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"15 shall consist of the county of Aurora, and be entitled to one ... 16 shall consist of the counties of Jerauld and Buffalo, and be entitled to one ..."

2. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives by Clarence A. Cannon, United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson (1919)
"On the Post Office and Post Roads, to consist of 21 members. 15. On the Public Lands, ... On Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of 20 members. 22. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"This commission shall consist of fifteen members, elected by the International Zoological ... The officers shall consist of a president and a secretary, ..."

4. Report by New South Wales Dept. of Education (1894)
"70 pupils, the staff may consist of Teacher and Assistant. ... 400 to 450 pupils, the staff muy consist of Teacher, 3 Assistants, and 5 Pupil-teachers. ..."

5. Transactions. by New Hampshire Medical Society, American Ethnological Society (1857)
"consist of three furnaces, were erected in 1854 and 1855, and belong to Messrs. ... consist of four furnaces, were erected about 1854, and belong to Messrs. ..."

6. Reports of Committees by United States Congress. Senate (1868)
"A Committee on Agriculture, to consist of five Senators. A Committee on Military Affairs, to consist of seven Senator». [6 March, 1863. ..."

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