Part 2310

<blockquote>Health <b>consists</b> with temperance alone. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well <b>consist</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To insist; -- followed by <i>on</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>To Consist</er>, <er>Consist of</er>, <er>Consist in</er>.</syn> <usage> The verb <i>consist</i> is employed chiefly for two purposes, which are marked and distinguished by the prepositions used. When we wish to indicate the parts which unite to compose a thing, we use <i>of</i>; as when we say, "Macaulay's Miscellanies consist chiefly <i>of</i> articles which were first published in the Edinburgh Review." When we wish to indicate the true nature of a thing, or that on which it depends, we use <i>in</i>; as, "There are some artists whose skill consists <i>in</i> a certain manner which they have affected." "Our safety consists <i>in</i> a strict adherence to duty."</usage>

<h1>Consistence, Consistency</h1> <Xpage=307>

<hw><hw>Con*sist"ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con*sist"en*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>consistance</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.</def>

<blockquote>Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural <b>consistence</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We are as water, weak, and of no <b>consistence</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The same form, substance, and <b>consistency</b>. <i>T. Burned.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.</def>

<blockquote>Let the expressed juices be boiled into the <b>consistence</b> of a sirup. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.</def>

<blockquote>The church of God, as meaning whole <b>consistence</b> of orders and members. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.</def>

<blockquote>His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting <b>consistency</b>. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; <as>as, the <ex>consistency</ex> of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; <ex>consistency</ex> of opinions; <ex>consistency</ex> of conduct or of character.</as></def>

<blockquote>That <b>consistency</b> of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Consistency</b>, thou art a jewel. <i>Popular Saying.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consistent</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*sist"ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>consistens</ets>, p.pr.: cf. F. <ets>consistant</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.</def>

<blockquote>The humoral and <b>consistent</b> parts of the body. <i>Harvey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.</def>

<blockquote>Show me one that has it in his power To act <b>consistent</b> with himself an hour. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not <b>consistent</b> only, but equivalent. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.</def>

<blockquote>It was utterly to be at once a <b>consistent</b> Quaker and a conspirator. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>