consist

Definition

To be.

Etymology

From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō (“stand together, stop, become hard or solid, agree with, continue, exist”), from com- (“together”) + sistō (“I cause to stand, stand”).

Example Sentences

• "Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth [translating loge] our pleasure and theirs?"
• "District number twenty-five (25) shall consist the counties of Tompkins, Seneca and Yates."
• "[Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties."

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