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con⋅sum⋅mate

  [v. kon-suh-meyt; adj. kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit] verb, -mat⋅ed, -mat⋅ing, adjective
Use consummate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
2. to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.
3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.
–adjective
4. complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.
5. being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (adj.) < L consummātus (ptp. of consummāre to complete, bring to perfection), equiv. to con- con- + summ(a) sum + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
con⋅sum⋅mate⋅ly, adverb
con⋅sum⋅ma⋅tive, con⋅sum⋅ma⋅to⋅ry  [kuhn-suhm-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
con⋅sum⋅ma⋅tor, noun

Synonyms:
1. complete, perfect, finish, accomplish, achieve.

Antonyms:
4. imperfect, unfinished.
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con·sum·mate   (kŏn'sə-māt')   
tr.v.   con·sum·mat·ed, con·sum·mat·ing, con·sum·mates

    1. To bring to completion or fruition; conclude: consummate a business transaction.

    2. To realize or achieve; fulfill: a dream that was finally consummated with the publication of her first book.

    3. To complete (a marriage) with the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony.

    4. To fulfill (a sexual desire or attraction) especially by intercourse.

    1. To complete (a marriage) with the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony.

    2. To fulfill (a sexual desire or attraction) especially by intercourse.

adj.   (kən-sŭm'ĭt, kŏn'sə-mət)

  1. Complete or perfect in every respect: consummate happiness. See Synonyms at perfect.

  2. Supremely accomplished or skilled: "Sargent was now a consummate master of brushwork" (Roberta Smith).

  3. Complete; utter: a consummate bore.


[Middle English consummaten, from Latin cōnsummāre, cōnsummāt- : com-, com- + summa, sum; see sum.]
con·sum'mate·ly (kən-sŭm'ĭt-lē) adv., con'sum·ma'tive, con·sum'ma·to'ry (-sŭm'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., con'sum·ma'tor n.
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