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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
consistent \consist"ent\, a. l. consistens, p. pr.: cf. f.
   consistant.
   1. possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.
      1913 webster

            the humoral and consistent parts of the body.
                                                  --harvey.
      1913 webster

   2. having agreement with itself or with something else;
      having harmony among its parts; possesing unity;
      accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not
      contradictory.
      1913 webster

            show me one that has it in his power
            to act consistent with himself an hour. --pope.
      1913 webster

            with reference to such a lord, to serve and to be
            free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent.
                                                  --south.
      1913 webster

   3. living or acting in conformity with one's belief or
      professions.
      1913 webster

            it was utterly to be at once a consistent quaker and
            a conspirator.                        --macaulay.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
consistent
     adj 1: sometimes followed by `with' in agreement or consistent or
            reliable; "testimony consistent with the known facts";
            "i have decided that the course of conduct which i am
            following is consistent with my sense of
            responsibility as president in time of war"- fdr ant:
             inconsistent
     2: marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent
        relation of parts; "a logical argument"; "the orderly
        presentation" syn: logical, ordered, orderly
     3: capable of being reproduced; "astonishingly reproducible
        results can be obtained" syn: reproducible ant: unreproducible
     4: the same throughout in structure or composition; "bituminous
        coal is often treated as a consistent and homogeneous
        product" syn: uniform
see also:
inconsistent logical ordered orderly reproducible unreproducible 
uniform 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
162 moby thesaurus words for "consistent":
   accordant, affirmative, agreeable, agreeing, alike, answerable,
   at one, authoritative, automatic, balanced, binding, clean-cut,
   clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coexistent,
   coexisting, cogent, coherent, coincident, coinciding, commensurate,
   compatible, concordant, concurring, conformable, conforming,
   congenial, congruent, congruous, connected, consecutive,
   consentaneous, consentient, consonant, constant, continuous,
   cooperating, cooperative, correspondent, corresponding, crisp,
   crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, dependable, devoted,
   direct, distinct, en rapport, equable, equal, equivalent, even,
   explicit, express, faithful, firm, flat, good, harmonious,
   homogeneous, immutable, in accord, in agreement, in harmony,
   in keeping, in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, inaccordance,
   inharmony, invariable, joined, just, lawful, legal, legitimate,
   level, like-minded, limpid, logical, loud and clear, loyal, lucid,
   luminous, marble-constant, measured, mechanical, methodic,
   monolithic, of a piece, of like mind, of one mind, on all fours,
   ordered, orderly, pellucid, persistent, perspicuous, plain,
   positive, predictable, proportionate, reconcilable, regular,
   robotlike, self-consistent, sequent, sequential, serial, simple,
   smooth, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady,
   straightforward, substantial, sufficient, symbiotic, sympathetic,
   synchronized, synchronous, systematic, tight, translucent,
   transparent, transpicuous, true, true-blue, unambiguous, unanimous,
   unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unconfused,
   undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, unequivocal,
   unfailing, uniform, uninterrupted, unisonant, unisonous, univocal,
   unmistakable, unruffled, unswerving, unvaried, unvarying, valid,
   weighty, well-defined, well-founded, well-grounded




[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
consistent. that which agrees with something else; as a consistent 
condition, which is one which agrees with all other parts of a contract, or 
which can be reconciled with every other part. 1 bouv. just. n. 752, 




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