Definition of Consist

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Consist

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.

To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.

To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.

To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.

To insist; -- followed by on.

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Consist Quotations

Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.
Henry David Thoreau

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Aristotle

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.
Coco Chanel

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.
Thomas Paine

I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
Thomas Paine

A lie does not consist in the indirect position of words, but in the desire and intention, by false speaking, to deceive and injure your neighbour.
Jonathan Swift

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.
Karl Marx

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Consist Translations

consist in Dutch is bestaan uit
consist in French is consistons, consistent, consistez, consister
consist in German is besteht aus, zusammensetzend
consist in Italian is essere di
consist in Portuguese is consista
consist in Spanish is consistir

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