consist
verbEtymology
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”).
- derived from consister
Definitions
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.
- All things do not consist by Christ today, and all the way back to Adam all things have not consisted by Christ.
A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that…
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.
The neighborhood
- neighborconsistence
- neighborconsistency
- neighborconsistent
- neighborconsistory
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at consist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at consist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at consist
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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