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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consist \Con*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Consisted}; p. pr &
vb n. {Consisting}.] [L. consistere to stand still or firm;
con- + sistere to stand cause to stand stare to stand: cf
F. consister. See {Stand}.]
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 --Shak.
A man's life consisteth not in the abudance 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. --Bp. Burnet.
Health consists with temperance alone. --Pope.
For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but
well consist. --Milton.
5. To insist; -- followed by on [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: {To Consist}, {Consist of}, {Consist in}.
Usage: The verb consist is employed chiefly for two purposes,
which are marked and distinguished by the prepositions
used When we wish to indicate the parts which unite
to compose a thing we use of as when we say
``Macaulay's Miscellanies consist chiefly of articles
which were first published in the Edinburgh Review.''
When we wish to indicate the true nature of a thing
or that on which it depends, we use in as ``There
are some artists whose skill consists in a certain
manner which they have affected.'' ``Our safety
consists in a strict adherence to duty.''
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