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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,
                  [bd]Macaulay's Miscellanies consist chiefly of
                  articles which were first published in the Edinburgh
                  Review.[b8] When we wish to indicate the true nature
                  of a thing, or that on which it depends, we use in;
                  as, [bd]There are some artists whose skill consists in
                  a certain manner which they have affected.[b8] [bd]Our
                  safety consists in a strict adherence to duty.[b8]
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