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Consist   /kənsˈɪst/   Listen
Consist

verb
(past & past part. consisted; pres. part. consisting)
1.
Originate (in).  Synonyms: dwell, lie, lie in.
2.
Have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in.  "What does love consist in?"
3.
Be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous.
4.
Be composed of.  Synonym: comprise.  "What does this dish consist of?"



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"Consist" Quotes from Famous Books



... and answer Innstetten examined more closely than before the little package tied up with a red cord. It seemed to consist of a number of notes, rather than letters. Bending it between his thumb and forefinger, like a pack of cards, he slowly let the edges slip off one at a time, and a few lines, in reality only disconnected words, darted past his ...
— The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 • Various
... said, "have not learned to be ashamed of that ancient combination of the Bible and the sword. Let it be enough for us to pray and hope that the contest, whenever it may be brought to an end, shall bring with it that great blessing to the white race which shall consist in the ...
— Great Britain and the American Civil War • Ephraim Douglass Adams
... a thing altogether unknown to the old classic ages. This has been defined to consist in a certain obsequiousness, or deferential respect, paid ...
— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 • Charles Lamb
... particular. The Woodcutter with his son and his donkey are working in the forest, one evening, when a man asks them for directions to get out of the forest. They offer him a bed for the night, so he comes to their home, where he produces his wares, which consist of Bibles, and he explains them to the ...
— The Woodcutter of Gutech • W.H.G. Kingston
... the northern Cook Islands are seven low-lying, sparsely populated, coral atolls; the southern Cook Islands, where most of the population lives, consist of eight elevated, fertile, volcanic isles, including the largest, Rarotonga, at ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States


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