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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.
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Consummate
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consummātus (past participle of consummāre to complete, bring to perfection), equivalent to con- con- + summ(a) sum + -ātus -ate1
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consummātus (past participle of consummāre to complete, bring to perfection), equivalent to con- con- + summ(a) sum + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
con·sum·mate·ly, adverb
con·sum·ma·tor, noun
half-con·sum·mat·ed, adjective
un·con·sum·mate, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. complete, perfect, finish, accomplish, achieve.
1. complete, perfect, finish, accomplish, achieve.
Antonyms
4. imperfect, unfinished.
4. imperfect, unfinished.
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| 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 | |
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Word Origin & History
consummate
c.1430, from L. consummatus "perfected, complete," pp. of consummare (see consummation). Of persons, "accomplished, very qualified," from 1640s. Related: Consummately (1610s).
EXPANDconsummate
1520s, "to bring to completion," from L. consummat-, pp. stem of consummare "to sum up, make up, complete, finish" (see consummation). Meaning "to bring a marriage to completion" (by sexual intercourse) is from 1530s.
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