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Verb: consummate  'kónsu`meyt
  1. Fulfil sexually
    "consummate a marriage"
     
  2. Make perfect; bring to perfection
Adjective: consummate  kun'súmut
  1. Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
    "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"
    - masterful, masterly, virtuoso
     
  2. Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
    "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"
    - complete
     
  3. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
    "a consummate fool"
    - arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated

Derived forms: consummating, consummates, consummated

See also: consummation, perfect, skilled, unmitigated

Type of: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Consummate