*consigner, v.a., to deposit; to record, to enter, to note down, to register; to refuse admittance; to keep in; (com.) to consign. Je l’ai consigné à ma porte; I have left orders not to admit him.

consistance, n.f., consistency, consistence; firmness; stability; credit, consideration; (jur.) matter. Le temps n’a point de —; the weather is unsettled. C’est un esprit qui n’a point de —; he is a person of no consistency. Cette nouvelle prend de la —; the news is gaining ground.

consistant, -e, adj., consisting of; firm, fixed, solid, compact.

consister, v.n., to be composed of, to consist. Le tout consiste à savoir; the main point is to know. Son revenu consiste en rentes; his revenue consists of property in the funds.

consistoire, n.m., consistory.

consistorial, -e, adj., consistorial.

consistorialement, adv., in a consistory.

consolable, adj., consolable.

consolant, -e, adj., consoling, comforting, consolatory.

consolat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., comforter, consoler.