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con·sump·tive       [kuhn-suhmp-tiv] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
2.pertaining to consumption by use.
3.Pathology.
a.pertaining to or of the nature of consumption.
b.disposed to or affected with consumption.
–noun
4.Older Use. a person who suffers from tuberculosis.
[Origin: 1375–1425; ME: eliminating morbid humors < ML consūmptīvus wasteful, destructive; see consumption, -ive]

—Related forms
con·sump·tive·ly, adverb
con·sump·tive·ness, noun
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con·sump·tive       (kən-sŭmp'tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Consuming or tending to consume.
  2. Of, relating to, or afflicted with consumption.

n.   A person afflicted with consumption.

con·sump'tive·ly adv.
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consumptive

adjective
1. tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" [ant: generative] 
2. afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough" 

noun
1. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis 

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consumptive con·sump·tive (kən-sŭmp'tĭv)
adj.
Of, relating to, or afflicted with consumption.

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Consumptive

Con*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. consomptif.]

1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.

It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. --Sharp.

A long consumptive war. --Addison.

2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.

The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. --Dryden.

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Consumptive

Con*sump"tive\, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

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