Consist /(kŏn*sĭst")/

Con·sist

Consist

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Consisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consisting

  1. 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.
    He is before all things, and by him all things consist.
    — Col. i. 17.
  2. To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.
    The land would consist of plains and valleys.
    — T. Burnet.
  3. To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.
    If their purgation did consist in words.
    A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
    — Luke xii. 15.
  4. To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.
    This was a consisting story.
    Health consists with temperance alone.
    For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
  5. To insist; -- followed by on. [Obs.]