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consummation Definition


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consummate
verb consummated, consummating
    1. To finish, perfect or complete something.
      Thesaurus: complete, finish, accomplish, achieve, actualize, realize, fulfil, perfect, crown.
    2. To complete (a marriage) in its full legal sense through the act of sexual intercourse.
adj
    1. Supreme; very great; very skilled.
      Thesaurus: perfect, ultimate, transcendent, superior, nonpareil, matchless, unequalled, supreme, absolute, total; Antonym: qualified, imperfect.
    2. Complete; utter.
      Example: a consummate idiot
Derivative: consummately
adverb
    Perfectly; with great skill.
Derivative: consummation
    The act of consummating.
    Perfection.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin consummare, consummatum to complete or perfect.



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