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CONSIST v. 5 definitions
a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. i. 17.
CONSISTENCE; CONSISTENCY n. 5 definitions
dity. Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon. We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. Jer. Taylor. The same form, substance, and consistency. T. Burned.
CONSISTENT a. 3 definitions
Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey.
CONSISTENTLY adv.
In a consistent manner.
CONSISTORIAL a.
Of or pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.
CONSISTORIAN a.
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.
CONSISTORY n. 6 definitions
summons all his mighty peers, Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, A gloomy consistory. Milton.
DESIST v.
To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from. Never desisting to do evil. E. Hall. To desist from his bad practice. Massinger. Desist (thou art discern'd, And toil'st in vain). Milton.
DESISTANCE n.
The act or state of desisting; cessation. [R.] Boyle. If fatigue of body or brain were in every case followed by desistance . . . then would the system be but seldom out of working order. H. Spencer.
DESISTIVE a.
Final; conclusive; ending. [R.]
DISCURSIST n.
A discourser. [Obs.] L. Addison.
EPIGENESIST n.
One who believes in, or advocates the theory of, epigenesis.
GEODESIST n.
One versed in geodesy.
GLOSSIST n.
A writer of comments. [Obs.] Milton.
HALF-SISTER n.
A sister by one parent only.
INCONSISTENCE n.
Inconsistency.
INCONSISTENCY n. 3 definitions
The quality or state of being inconsistent; discordance in respect to sentiment or action; such contrariety between two things that both can not exist or be true together; disagreement; incompatibility. There is a perfect inconsistency between that which is of debt and that which is of free gift. South.…
INCONSISTENT a. 2 definitions
Not consistent; showing inconsistency; irreconcilable; discordant; at variance, esp. as regards character, sentiment, or action; incompatible; incongruous; contradictory.
INCONSISTENTLY adv.
In an inconsistent manner.
INCONSISTENTNESS n.
Inconsistency. [R.]
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