v. /keuhn sist"/ ; n. /kon"sist/ , v.i.
1. to be made up or composed (usually fol. by of ): This cake consists mainly of sugar, flour, and butter.
2. to be comprised or contained (usually fol. by in ): Her charm does not consist only in her beauty.
3. Archaic. to exist together or be capable of existing together.
4. Obs. to insist; urge.
n.
5. Railroads.
a. the rolling stock, exclusive of the locomotive, making up a train.
b. a record made of this rolling stock.
[ 1520-30; consistere to stand together, stand firm, equiv. to con- CON- + sistere to cause to stand, reduplicative v. akin to stare to STAND ]