To stand together; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection. Hence, to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He was before all things, and by him all things consist. CoIossians 1:17.

To stand or be; to lie; to be contained; followed by in. The beauty of epistolary writing consists in case and freedom.

To be composed; followed by of. A landscape should consist of a variety of scenery. To consist together, to coexist; to have being concurrently. Necessity and election cannot consist together in the same act. To consist with, to agree; to be in accordance with; to be compatible. Health consists with temperance alone.