| consummate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil |
| 2. | to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse |
| —adj | |
| 3. | accomplished or supremely skilled: a consummate artist |
| 4. | (prenominal) (intensifier): a consummate fool |
| [C15: from Latin consummāre to complete, from summus highest, utmost] | |
| con'summately | |
| —adv | |
| consum'mation | |
| —n | |
| 'consummative | |
| —adj | |
| con'summatory | |
| —adj | |
| 'consummator | |
| —n | |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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