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consist

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verb/kənˈsɪst/
  1. 1

    To be.copulativeobsolete

    • 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.
  2. 2

    To exist or be compatible.archaicintransitive

    • [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.
noun/ˈkɒn.sɪst/
  1. 1

    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.

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