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consist

/kənˈsɪst/
verb
[no object]
1 consist of - Be composed or made up of.
1.1 consist in - Have as an essential feature.
2 consist with - archaic Be consistent with.
noun
A set of railway vehicles forming a complete train.

Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘be located or inherent in’): from Latin
consistere ‘stand firm or still, exist’, from con- ‘together’ + sistere
‘stand (still)’.

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