Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To be made up or composed.
- intransitive verb To have a basis; reside or lie.
- intransitive verb To be compatible; accord.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stand together; be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; hence, to be; exist; subsist; be supported and maintained.
- To remain coherent, stable, or fixed.
- To abide; rest; be comprised, contained, performed, or expressed: followed by in.
- To be composed; be made up: followed by of.
- To be compatible, consistent, or harmonious; be in accordance; harmonize; accord: now followed by with, formerly also used absolutely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.
- intransitive verb To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.
- intransitive verb To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by
in . - intransitive verb To be consistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by
with . - intransitive verb obsolete To insist; -- followed by
on .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, intransitive To
exist , tobe . - verb intransitive To be
comprised orcontained in . - verb intransitive To be composed, formed, or made up
of . - noun rail transport A lineup or sequence of
railroad carriages or cars, with or without alocomotive , that form a unit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous
- verb originate (in)
- verb have its essential character; be comprised or contained in; be embodied in
- verb be composed of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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ED Maven: You fail to ask what does the fee simple title consist of.
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Important Case on Compensation for Takings 2010
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Observer: You fail to ask what does the fee simple title consist of.
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Important Case on Compensation for Takings 2010
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A description can be written in English, consist of 517 words, be printed in red ink, and so on.
Models in Science Frigg, Roman 2006
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Yet in what, psychologically considered, does understanding a word consist?
The Life of Reason George Santayana 1907
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The website is about acupuncture and the name consist of two words -
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The Windows API calls consist in pretty simple stuff, such as a function to pop up an Open dialog, same for a Save dialog, a function to detect how many CPU cores we have (that one's probably in POSIX), a function to copy an image to clipboard ..
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Jokes made by altering the letters of a word consist in meaning, not just what you say, but something that gives a twist to the word used; e.g. the remark of Theodorus about Nicon the harpist Thratt’ ei su (’you Thracian slavey’), where he pretends to mean Thratteis su (’you harpplayer’), and surprises us when we find he means something else.
Rhetoric Aristotle 2002
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ED Maven: You fail to ask what does the fee simple title consist of.
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Important Case on Compensation for Takings 2010
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Observer: You fail to ask what does the fee simple title consist of.
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Important Case on Compensation for Takings 2010
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A sudden renewed interest in action movies from the early nineties whose titles consist of three words, one of which is usually either “kill”, “law” or “justice”.
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