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consisted

/kənˈsɪstɪd/

consisted is the simple past and past participle of consist.

Meaning of consist

Verb

consist (third-person singular simple present consists, present participle consisting, simple past and past participle consisted)

  1. (copulative, obsolete) To be.
    • Why doe they cover with so many lets, one over another, those parts where chiefly consisteth [translating loge] our pleasure and theirs?1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 15, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.
    • [Homer] allows their characters such estimable qualities as could consist, and in truth generally do, with tender frailties.1715–1720, Homer, “Book VI”, in Alexander Pope, transl., The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, section footnote

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Questions about consisted

What is consisted the simple past and past participle of?
Consisted is the simple past and past participle of consist.
How do you pronounce consisted?
Consisted is pronounced /kənˈsɪstɪd/.

Words near consisted in the dictionary

  1. consist
  2. consist in
  3. consist of
  4. consistant
  5. consistantly
  6. consisted
  7. consisted in
  8. consisted of
  9. consistence
  10. consistences
  11. consistencies

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