Crossword clues for consistence
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consistence \Con*sist"ence\, Consistency \Con*sist"en*cy\, n.
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The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
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.
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A degree of firmness, density, viscosity, or spissitude; a measure of the ability to hold together when manipulated.
Syn: body.
Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup.
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That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
The church of God, as meaning the whole consistence of orders and members.
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Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.
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Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.
That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just.
--Addison.Consistency, thou art a jewel.
--Popular Saying.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "state of standing still; firmness," from Middle French consistence (Modern French consistance) "a standing fast," from Medieval Latin consistentia, from Latin consistentem (nominative consistens), present participle of consistere (see consist). Meaning "coherence, solidity" is recorded from 1620s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) The physical quality which is given by the degree of firmness, solidity, density, and viscosity; consistency. 2 The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things. 3 (context obsolete English) Standing still; quiescence; state of rest. 4 (context obsolete English) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. 5 (context obsolete English) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
WordNet
n. a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts [syn: consistency] [ant: inconsistency]
the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" [syn: consistency, body]
Usage examples of "consistence".
The grease which we employed was made by mixing lampblack and olive oil to such a consistence that it could be laid on in a thick layer.
Three pounds of the fresh blossoms should be infused in five pints of boiling water, and then simmered down to a proper consistence with sugar.
Conjectures, especially where infinity is excluded from the Divine attributes, may perhaps be sufficient to prove a consistence, but can never be foundations for any inference.
The leaflets are small, of a paler green and more tender consistence than the foliaceous petioles.
There is a considerable demand on the Continent for an aqueous extract of the berries called Roob, or Rob of Juniper, and the distilled oil is in this case a by-product, the berries being first crushed and macerated with water and then distilled with water and the residue in the still evaporated to a soft consistence.
In an Hydropicall body, ten years buried in the Church-yard, we met with a fat concretion, where the nitre of the Earth, and the salt and lixivious liquor of the body, had coagulated large lumps of fat, into the consistence of the hardest castle-soap.