consist
verb
- be composed or made of
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪst/ / /kənˈsɪst/
noun
Etymology: From consist (verb).
- A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
“The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō (“stand together, stop, become hard or solid, agree with, continue, exist”), from com- (“together”) + sistō (“to cause to stand, stand”).
- To be.
“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.”
- To exist or be compatible.
“[Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.”
“First, because it is granted by all divines, that hypothetical necessity, or necessity upon a supposition, may consist with liberty.”