Sekirov Dictionary

consummate

UK /ˈkɒnsəmət/US /ˈkɑnsəmət/

adjective 4
/ˈkɑnsəmeɪt/ verb 4
forms 7

adjective4

•
Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
- There lacke many things, that a consummate carde should haue. — 1527
•
Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified.
- Thus[…] he loses sight of the remoter truth, that details perfect in unity, and, contributing to a final purpose, are the sign of the production of a consummate master. — 1843
•
(no longer used) Consummated, completed, perfected, fully accomplished.
- Till righteous fate Upon the Wooers' wrongs were consummate. — 1615
•
(no longer used) Consummated.
- I doe but stay till your marriage be consummate, and then go I toward Arragon. — 1598

consummate

UK /ˈkɒnsəmeɪt/US /ˈkɑnsəmeɪt/

verb4

•
To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
- Although it was agreed by all that discovery must be consummated by possession and use, […] — 1921
•
To make (a marriage) complete by the spouses' first engaging in sexual intercourse.
- the marriage was never consummated
- After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.
To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.

forms

consummated · consummating · consummates · consummateth · consummatest · more consummate · most consummate

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome