consist
CONSIST, v.i. L., 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.
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.
consistence
CONSISTENCE, CONSISTENCY, n.
1. A standing together; a being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; that state of a body, in which its component parts remain fixed.
The consistency of bodies is divers; dense, rare, tangible, pneumatical, volatile, &c.
2. A degree of density or spissitude, but indefinite.
Let the juices or liquor be boiled into the consistency of syrup.
3. Substance; make; firmness of constitution; as, friendship of a lasting consistency; resolutions of durable consistence.
4. A standing together, as the parts of a system, or of conduct, &c.; agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; congruity; uniformity; as the consistency of laws, regulations or judicial decisions; consistency of opinion; consistency of behavior or of character.
There is harmony and consistency in all Gods works.
5. A standing; a state of rest, in which things capable of growth or decrease, remain for a time at a stand.
consistency
CONSISTENCE, CONSISTENCY, n.
1. A standing together; a being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; that state of a body, in which its component parts remain fixed.
The consistency of bodies is divers; dense, rare, tangible, pneumatical, volatile, &c.
2. A degree of density or spissitude, but indefinite.
Let the juices or liquor be boiled into the consistency of syrup.
3. Substance; make; firmness of constitution; as, friendship of a lasting consistency; resolutions of durable consistence.
4. A standing together, as the parts of a system, or of conduct, &c.; agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; congruity; uniformity; as the consistency of laws, regulations or judicial decisions; consistency of opinion; consistency of behavior or of character.
There is harmony and consistency in all Gods works.
5. A standing; a state of rest, in which things capable of growth or decrease, remain for a time at a stand.
consistent
CONSISTENT, a. L. See Consist.
1. Fixed; firm; not fluid; as the consistent parts of a body, distinguished from the fluid.
2. Standing together or in agreement; compatible; congruous; uniform; not contradictory or opposed; as, two opinions or schemes are consistent; let a man be consistent with himself; the law is consistent with justice and policy.
So two consistent motions act the soul
consistently
CONSISTENTLY, adv. In a consistent manner; in agreement; agreeably; as, to command confidence, a man must act consistently.