Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - consist

 I. intransitive verb  Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French ~er, from Latin ~ere, literally, to stop, stand still, from com- + sistere to take a stand; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand  Date: 1526  1. lie, reside — usually used with in liberty ~s in the absence of obstructions — A. E. Housman  2. archaic  a. exist, be  b. to be capable of existing  3. to be composed or made up — usually used with of breakfast ~ed of cereal, milk, and fruit  4. to be ~ent it ~s with the facts  II. noun  Date: 1898 makeup or composition (as of coal sizes or a railroad train) by classes, types, or grades and arrangement