Pronunciation: ' kän(t)-s ə - ˌ m ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -mat · ed ; -mat · ing
Date: 1530
transitive verb
1 a : FINISH , COMPLETE < consummate a business deal> b : to make perfect c : ACHIEVE
2 : to make (marital union) complete by sexual intercourse < consummate a marriage>
intransitive verb : to become perfected
– con · sum · ma · tive \ ' kän(t)-s ə - ˌ m ā -tiv, k ə n- ' s ə -m ə -tiv \ adjective
– con · sum · ma · tor \ ' kän(t)-s ə - ˌ m ā t- ə r \ noun