Consist

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: con=sist

CIDE DICTIONARY

Consist, v. i. [L. consistere to stand still or firm; con- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, stare to stand: cf. F. consister. See Stand.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "He is before all things, and by him all things consist."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.  [1913 Webster]

  "The land would consist of plains and valleys."  [1913 Webster]
•  To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.  [1913 Webster]

  "If their purgation did consist in words."  [1913 Webster]

  "A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."  [1913 Webster]
•  To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.  [1913 Webster]

  "This was a consisting story."  [1913 Webster]

  "Health consists with temperance alone."  [1913 Webster]

  "For orders and degrees
  Jar not with liberty, but well consist."  [1913 Webster]
•  To insist; -- followed by on.  Shak.

Syn. -- To Consist, Consist of, Consist in.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Consist, v.intr.
1 (foll. by of) be composed; have specified ingredients or elements.
2 (foll. by in, of) have its essential features as specified (its beauty consists in the use of colour).
3 (usu. foll. by with) harmonize; be consistent.

Etymology

L consistere exist (as com-, sistere stop)

THESAURUS

Consist

abide, accord, be, comport, conform, consort, correspond, dovetail, dwell, exist, fit in, gee, go, inhere, lie, repose, reside, rest, subsist