From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Consummate \Con*sum"mate\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]m"m[asl]t), a. [L.
consummatus, p. p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con-
+ summa sum. See {Sum}.]
Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest
quality; complete; perfect. "A man of perfect and consummate
virtue." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
The little band held the post with consummate tenacity.
--Motley
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Consummate \Con"sum*mate\ (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]t or
k[o^]n*s[u^]m"m[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consummated}
(k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Consummating}
(k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]`t[i^]ng).]
To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or
degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
[1913 Webster]
To consummate this business happily. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consummate
adj 1: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a
consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful
speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance
of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn:
{consummate}, {masterful}, {masterly}, {virtuoso(a)}]
2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary
qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a
consummate performance" [syn: {complete}, {consummate}]
3: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding
mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter
nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: {arrant(a)},
{complete(a)}, {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)},
{everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)}, {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)},
{sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)}, {thoroughgoing(a)},
{utter(a)}, {unadulterated}]
v 1: fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage"
2: make perfect; bring to perfection
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