consummate
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English consummat(e) (“(past participle) fulfilled, completed; (adjective) perfect, consummate”), borrowed from Latin cōnsummātus, perfect passive participle of cōnsummō (“to sum up, finish, complete”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + summa (“a sum”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); see sum, summation. Common participial usage up until Early Modern English.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: more consummate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most consummate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: consummates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: consummating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: consummated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: consummated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
pos: adj
examples: There lacke many things, that a consummate carde should haue.
A man of perfect and consummate virtue.
A sweeping and consummate vengeance for the indignity alone should satisfy him.
[…] Marmaduke, who had the consummate impudence to reply that […]
Belinda Bellonia Bunting//Behaved like a consummate loon
England's first-half display was consummate in its control, Italy made to look decidedly average as Rice and Jude Bellingham controlled affairs and Kane made history.
gloss: Supremely skilled and experienced; highly accomplished; fully qualified.
pos: adj
examples: a consummate sergeant
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.
Many of these works are of permanent value from their nobility and beauty of style and their intrinsic emotional significance, and all are characterized by high intellectual qualities, and consummate musicianship.
The consummate leader cultivates the moral law, […] ; thus it is in his power to control success.
At Ballet Theater, [James] Whiteside is in demand. His classical variations are high-octane sprints; he lifts ballerinas like they’re feathers. His consummate athleticism allows him to be the versatile artist he is: modern or dashing, playful or tragic.
I didn’t understand why at the time, but Jasmine is such a consummate performer and had already developed her idea of the role.
gloss: Consummated, completed, perfected, fully accomplished.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: Till righteous fate Upon the Wooers' wrongs were consummate.
gloss: Consummated.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: I doe but ſtay till your marriage be conſummate, and then go I toward Arragon.
gloss: To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Although it was agreed by all that discovery must be consummated by possession and use, […]
In one word, in perfumery the artist completes and consummates the original natural odour, which he cuts, so to speak, and mounts as a jeweller improves and brings out the water of a precious stone.
gloss: To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To make (a marriage) complete by engaging in first sexual intercourse.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: the marriage was never consummated
After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.
[…] in the essay which he made the very first night to serve her so as to consummate the marriage he made a false move, […]
In Christian marriage, which implies the restoration, by Christ Himself, of marriage to its original indissolubility, there can never be an absolute divorce, at least after the marriage has been consummated;
In a 1739 case from Laifeng County, Hubei, the widow Zhang Shi (forty-five sui) was killed by her new second husband, Jiang Changyi (forty-three sui), when she refused to consummate her marriage with him.
gloss: To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: consummation
consummator
Derived words: consummately
consummate marriage
unconsummate
consummative
consummatory
unconsummatable
unconsummated
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