ppl. a. [f. CONSIST + -ING2.] That consists, holds together, agrees, etc.: see the verb. Now Obs. or rare as adjective.
† 1. = CONSISTENT a. 2 b. Obs.
1623. Hart, Arraignm. Ur., I. 39. The neerer one growes to his consisting age, the higher in colour is the urine.
1638. A. Read, Chirurg., ix. 64. Gentlemen in their consisting age.
† 2. Holding together, cohering; transf. united.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 31. Flame doth not mingle with Flame … but only remaineth contiguous; As it commeth to passe betwixt Consisting Bodies.
1658–9. Burton’s Diary (1828), III. 9. The armies of England, Scotland, and Ireland, are true and faithful … they are a consisting body.
† 3. Accordant, congruous, etc.; = CONSISTENT 6.
1700. Dryden, Fables, Ded. (1721), 14. More than is consisting with the fortune of a private man.
a. 1714. Burnet, Own Time (1766), II. 66. A consisting story … supported in some circumstances by collateral proofs.
1726. W. R. Chetwood, Adv. Capt. R. Boyle, 270. Receiving Visits … when you are from Home, is not consisting with our Spanish Customs.
