Definition of consist

"consist" in the verb sense

1. dwell, consist, lie, lie in

originate (in

"The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

2. consist

have its essential character be comprised or contained in be embodied in

"The payment consists in food"

"What does love consist in?"

3. consist

be consistent in form, tenor, or character be congruous

"Desires are to be satisfied only so far as consists with an approved end"

4. consist, comprise

be composed of

"The land he conquered comprised several provinces"

"What does this dish consist of?"

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Quotations for consist

Lord Bacon makes beauty to consist of grace and motion. [ Lady Montagu ]

A favour does not consist in the service done, but in the spirit of the man who confers it. [ Seneca ]

True magnanimity does not consist so much in undertaking difficult things, as enduring evils. [ Proverb ]

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time. [ Henry Wheeler Shaw (pen name Josh Billings) ]

Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver, but in having more in proportion than our neighbours. [ Locke ]

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge of some mechanical duty. [ Schiller ]

The happiness of the human race in this world does not consist in our being devoid of passions, but in our learning to command them. [ From the French ]

Duty does not consist in suffering everything, but in suffering everything for duty. Sometimes, indeed, it is our duty not to suffer. [ Professor Vinet ]

The chief pleasure (in eating) does not consist in costly seasoning or exquisite flavor, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce by sweating. [ Horace ]

The virtue of the soul does not consist in flying high, but walking orderly; its grandeur does not exercise itself in grandeur, but in mediocrity. [ Montaigne ]

Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed. [ Tillotson ]

Fine declamation does not consist in flowery periods, delicate allusions of musical cadences, but in a plain, open, loose style, where the periods are long and obvious, where the same thought is often exhibited in several points of view. [ Goldsmith ]

The true greatness and the true happiness of a country consist in wisdom; in that enlarged and comprehensive wisdom which includes education, knowledge, religion, virtue, freedom, with every influence which advances and every institution which supports them. [ Henry Giles ]

The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it may be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country. [ Cowley ]

True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. [ Webster ]

A dandy is a clothes-wearing man - a man whose trade, office, and existence consist in the wearing of clothes. Every faculty of his soul, spirit, person and purse is heroically consecrated to this one object - the wearing of clothes wisely and well; so that, as others dress to live, he lives to dress. [ Carlyle ]

Truth does not consist in minute accuracy of detail, but in conveying a right impression; and there are vague ways of speaking that are truer than strict facts would be. When the Psalmist said, "Rivers of water run down mine eyes, because men keep not thy law," he did not state the fact but he stated a truth deeper than fact and truer. [ Dean Alford ]

consist in Scrabble®

The word consist is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters consist:

TOCSINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TOCSINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSIST
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSIST
(86 = 36 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

consist, tocsins

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word consist

CONSIST
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSIST
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSIST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(77 = 27 + 50)
CONSIST
(76 = 26 + 50)
CONSIST
(74 = 24 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
(72 = 22 + 50)
CONSIST
(72 = 22 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(68 = 18 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(67 = 17 + 50)
CONSIST
(64 = 14 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
(63 = 13 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(61 = 11 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(61 = 11 + 50)
CONSIST
(61 = 11 + 50)
CONSIST
(60 = 10 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In consist

TOCSINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
TOCSINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSIST
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSIST
(86 = 36 + 50)
TOCSINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSIST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSIST
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSIST
(80 = 30 + 50)
TOCSINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
TOCSINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSIST
(80 = 30 + 50)
TOCSINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
TOCSINS
(80 = 30 + 50)
CONSIST
(77 = 27 + 50)
TOCSINS
(77 = 27 + 50)
CONSIST
(76 = 26 + 50)
TOCSINS
(76 = 26 + 50)
CONSIST
(74 = 24 + 50)
TOCSINS
(74 = 24 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
(72 = 22 + 50)
CONSIST
(72 = 22 + 50)
CONSIST
(72 = 22 + 50)
CONSIST
(72 = 22 + 50)
TOCSINS
(72 = 22 + 50)
TOCSINS
(72 = 22 + 50)
TOCSINS
(72 = 22 + 50)
TOCSINS
(72 = 22 + 50)
CONSIST
(72 = 22 + 50)
TOCSINS
(70 = 20 + 50)
CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
(70 = 20 + 50)
TOCSINS
(70 = 20 + 50)
CONSIST
(70 = 20 + 50)
TOCSINS
(70 = 20 + 50)
TOCSINS
(68 = 18 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
(68 = 18 + 50)
TOCSINS
(68 = 18 + 50)
TOCSINS
(68 = 18 + 50)
CONSIST
(68 = 18 + 50)
TOCSINS
(68 = 18 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(67 = 17 + 50)
TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
(64 = 14 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
(63 = 13 + 50)
TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
(62 = 12 + 50)
TOCSINS
(61 = 11 + 50)
TOCSINS
(61 = 11 + 50)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
(61 = 11 + 50)
CONSIST
(61 = 11 + 50)
TOCSINS
(61 = 11 + 50)
TOCSINS
(61 = 11 + 50)
CONSIST
(60 = 10 + 50)
TOCSINS
(60 = 10 + 50)
SONICS
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TONICS
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COSTS
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SCION
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SONICS
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TOCSIN
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consist in Words With Friends™

The word consist is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters consist:

CONSIST
(104 = 69 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

consist, tocsins

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word consist

CONSIST
(104 = 69 + 35)
CONSIST
(92 = 57 + 35)
CONSIST
(80 = 45 + 35)
CONSIST
(80 = 45 + 35)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
(79 = 44 + 35)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
(74 = 39 + 35)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(65 = 30 + 35)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(53 = 18 + 35)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(47 = 12 + 35)
CONSIST
(47 = 12 + 35)
CONSIST
(46 = 11 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In consist

CONSIST
(104 = 69 + 35)
TOCSINS
(98 = 63 + 35)
CONSIST
(92 = 57 + 35)
TOCSINS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TOCSINS
(80 = 45 + 35)
TOCSINS
(80 = 45 + 35)
CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
(65 = 30 + 35)
TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSIN
(60)
TOCSINS
(59 = 24 + 35)
TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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SONICS
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TOCSIN
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TONIC
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STOICS
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ICONS
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ONTIC
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TOCSINS
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CONSIST
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TOCSINS
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TOCSINS
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CONS
(48)
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(48 = 13 + 35)
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STOIC
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SONICS
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TOCSINS
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