CONSIST, L., to stand.
1. To stand together to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection. Hence, to be to exist to subsist to be supported and maintained.
He was before all things, and by him all things consist. Colossians 1 .
2. To stand or be to lie to be contained followed by in.
The beauty of epistolary writing consists in case and freedom.
3. To be composed followed by of.
A landscape should consist of a variety of scenery.
To consist together, to coexist to have being concurrently.
Necessity and election cannot consist together in the same act.
To consist with, to agree to be in accordance with to be compatible.
Health consists with temperance alone.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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