consist

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To be.

   Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth [translating loge] our pleasure and theirs?

2. 2
   verb

   To exist or be compatible.

   [Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.

3. 3
   noun

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   to be composed of

5. 5
   verb

   to originate in

6. 6
   verb

   to be consistent in form, tenor, or character

7. 7
   verb

   to have its essential character

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”).