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to consist of
7. to consist of: to be made up or composed of; to have as its constituent substance or elements. (Of was here originally = from, out of. Consist of was formerly also used where consist in is now used.)
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the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)]
liveeOE
beOE
i-bea1175
befindc1175
to be beleft1340
to consist of1565
exist1570
re1597
breathe1652
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > be composed of or consist of [verb (transitive)]
to be made ofa1200
to stand of ——a1393
to stand togetherc1475
remaina1525
compose?1541
subsist1549
to stand on ——1563
to consist of1565
to stand upon ——1601
to consist in1614
comprise1874
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus (at cited word) Consto, De principijs rerum, è quibus omnia constant. Cicero. Of which all things do consist, or are compact and made.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxv. 164 The mettle or matter whereof it consisted.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 9 Does not our liues consist of the foure Elements? And. Faith so they say, but I thinke it rather consists of eating and drinking. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 16 When I behold this goodly Frame, this World of Heav'n and Earth consisting. View more context for this quotation
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 51 Power at Sea consists chiefly of Men, able to fight at Sea.
1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. x. 203 No one was quite certain of whom this party consisted.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. i. 223 Newton imagined light to consist of particles darted out from luminous bodies.
1891 J. B. Edge in Law Times 90 395/1 An ordinary fence, consisting of a ditch and a bank.
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