consist

Etymology 1

From Middle French consister, from Latin consistō (“stand together, stop, become hard or solid, agree with, continue, exist”), from com- (“together”) + sistō (“I cause to stand, stand”).

verb

1. (obsolete, copulative) To be.
   District number twenty-five (25) shall consist the counties of Tompkins, Seneca and Yates. 1846, District School Journal for the State of New-York - Volume 7, page 183
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To exist.
   First, because it is granted by all divines, that hypothetical necessity, or necessity upon a supposition, may consist with liberty. 1841, “The” Questions Concerning Liberty, Necessity and Chance
   All things do not consist by Christ today, and all the way back to Adam all things have not consisted by Christ. 2010, Michael O'Buck, Eternal Life: A Question of Honor
3. (intransitive, with in) To be comprised or contained.
   It is that contact between the mind and things does not consist, at any level, in perceptions of simple data or in associations of such unities, but always consists in apprehensions of more or less “structured” complexes. 1953, Jean Piaget, Origin of Intelligence in the Child, published 2013
4. (intransitive, with of) To be composed, formed, or made up (of).
   The greeting package consists of some brochures, a pen, and a notepad.
   The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state,[…]. 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
   Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. 2013-07-19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18

Etymology 2

From consist (verb).

noun

1. (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
   The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.