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Variant of consume

consume Definition

con·sume (kən so̵̅o̅m′, -syo̵̅o̅m′)

transitive verb consumed -·sumed′, consuming -·sum′·ing

  1. to destroy, as by fire; do away with
    1. to use up
    2. to spend wastefully; squander (time, energy, money, etc.)
  3. to eat or drink up; devour
  4. to absorb completely; engross or obsess consumed with envy, a consuming interest
  5. to buy for one's personal needs

Etymology: ME consumen < OFr consumer < L consumere, to use up, eat, waste < com-, together + sumere, to take < sub-, under + emere, to buy, take: see redeem

intransitive verb

  1. Now Rare to waste away; perish
  2. to buy consumer goods or services for one's personal needs

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consuming

modif.

absorbing, engrossing, immoderate, exhausting; see harmful, urgent 1.

consuming Quotes

I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on. I know not why it should be a matter of congratulation that persons who are already richer than any one needs to be, should have doubled their means of consuming things which give little or no pleasure except as representative of wealth.

—Mill,John Stuart