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.

Related Definitions:

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Consist Quotations

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
George Bernard Shaw

Material goods consist of useful material things, and of all rights to hold, or use, or derive benefits from material things, or to receive them at a future time.
Alfred Marshall

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

Ability is commonly found to consist mainly in a high degree of solemnity.
Ambrose Bierce

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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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