CONSUMMATE


Meaning of CONSUMMATE in English

— consummately , adv. — consummative, consummatory /keuhn sum"euh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj. — consummator , n.

v. /kon"seuh mayt'/ ; adj. /keuhn sum"it, kon"seuh mit/ , v. , consummated, consummating , adj.

v.t.

1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.

2. to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.

3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.

adj.

4. complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.

5. being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.

[ 1400-50; late ME (adj.) consummatus (ptp. of consummare to complete, bring to perfection), equiv. to con- CON- + summ ( a ) SUM + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Syn. 1. complete, perfect, finish, accomplish, achieve.

Ant. 4. imperfect, unfinished.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .