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consume

[kuhn-soom] Origin

con·sume

[kuhn-soom] verb, -sumed, -sum·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to destroy or expend by use; use up.
2.
to eat or drink up; devour.
3.
to destroy, as by decomposition or burning: Fire consumed the forest.
4.
to spend (money, time, etc.) wastefully.
5.
to absorb; engross: consumed with curiosity.
verb (used without object)
6.
to undergo destruction; waste away.
7.
to use or use up consumer goods.

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tending to conciliate
following as an effect, result, or outcome

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French consumer) < Latin consūmere, equivalent to con- con- + sūmere to take up (perhaps < *suzm- < *subzm- < *subs-(e)m-, equivalent to subs-, variant of sub- sub- + emere to take, buy)

half-con·sumed, adjective
o·ver·con·sume, verb, -sumed, -sum·ing.
pre·con·sume, verb (used with object), -sumed, -sum·ing.
un·con·sumed, adjective
un·der·con·sume, verb (used with object), -sumed, -sum·ing.


1. exhaust, deplete. 4. squander, dissipate.

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consume (kənˈsjuːm)
 
vb
1.  (tr) to eat or drink
2.  (tr; often passive) to engross or obsess
3.  (tr) to use up; expend: my car consumes little oil
4.  to destroy or be destroyed by burning, decomposition, etc: fire consumed the forest
5.  (tr) to waste or squander: the time consumed on that project was excessive
6.  (passive) to waste away
 
[C14: from Latin consūmere to devour, from com- (intensive) + sūmere to take up, from emere to take, purchase]
 
con'suming
 
adj
 
con'sumingly
 
adv

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consume
late 14c., from L. consumere "to use up, eat, waste," from com- intensive prefix + sumere "to take," from sub- "under" + emere "to buy, take" (see exempt).
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