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   consist

   verb

   • 1. be composed or made up of: "the crew consists of five men" Similar be composedbe made upbe formedcomprisecontainincludeincorporateembodyinvolveembrace
   • ▪ have (something) as an essential or the main feature: formal "much propaganda simply consists in presenting the officially approved version of the truth as reality" Similar existsubsistinherebe inherentlieresidehave its existence/beingbe presentbe containedbe expressed byhave as its main feature
   • 2. be consistent with: archaic "the information perfectly consists with our friend's account"

   noun

   • 1. a set of railway vehicles forming a complete train: "to turn an entire consist requires a wye"

   Word 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)’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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