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consummation

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con⋅sum⋅ma⋅tion

  [kon-suh-mey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of consummating; completion.
2. the state of being consummated; perfection; fulfillment.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME consummacioun (< MF) < L consummātiōn- (s. of consummātiō). See consummate, -ion
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con·sum·ma·tion   (kŏn'sə-mā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of consummating; a fulfillment.

  2. An ultimate goal or end.

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Word Origin & History

consummation 
1398, "completion," from L. consummationem, from consummare "to sum up, finish," from com- "together" + summa "sum, total," from summus "highest." Sense of "completion of a marriage (by sexual intercourse)" is c.1530. Consummate (adj.), of persons, is from 1643.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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