Noah Webster
Consist
CONSIST, verb intransitive [Latin , to stand.]
1. 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 Colossians 1:17.
2. To stand or be; to lie; to be contained; followed by in.
The beauty of epistolary writing consists in case and freedom.
3. 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.