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Verb: consummate  kón-su-mut or kun'sú-mut [N. Amer], kón-s(y)û-mut or kun'sú-mut [Brit]
  1. Complete a marriage by having sexual intercourse
    "consummate a marriage"
     
  2. Make perfect; bring to perfection
Adjective: consummate  kón-su-mut or kun'sú-mut [N. Amer], kón-s(y)û-mut or kun'sú-mut [Brit]
  1. Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
    "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill";
    - masterful, masterly, virtuoso
     
  2. Perfect in every respect; having all necessary qualities
    "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance";
    - complete
     
  3. Without qualification; used informally as an (often pejorative) intensifier
    "a consummate fool";
    - arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated, rigorous

Derived forms: consummating, consummates, consummated

See also: perfect, skilled, unmitigated

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

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