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Variant of consummate

consummate Definition

con·sum·mate (kän′sə mit, kən sum′it; for v. kän′sə māt′)

adjective

  1. complete or perfect in every way; supreme consummate happiness
  2. very skillful; highly expert a consummate liar

Etymology: L consummatus, pp. of consummare, to sum up, finish < com-, together + summa, sum

transitive verb consummated -·mat′ed, consummating -·mat′·ing

  1. to bring to completion or fulfillment; finish; accomplish
  2. to make (a marriage) actual by sexual intercourse

Etymology: ME consummaten

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consummated Usage Examples

Object

  • marriage: Comments How can you marry your wife's daughter even if you haven't consummated the marriage, she is still you step daughter!
  • affair: Flash forward Newly married he may be, but Jack White has just consummated an old affair.

Used with why or when

  • when: It will be consummated when Christ returns, and the wedding of the lamb will come.

Modifying Another Word

  • never: Chases are never consummated, the day ends with no promise of rebirth.
  • ever: In fact I doubt very much whether the bloody thing was ever consummated in the first place.
  • fully: I wasn't really aware if any of the relationships in which Henry and Daphne indulged were fully consummated.
  • sexually: They lived together in an exclusive, claustrophobic relationship, which was not, I think, sexually consummated at that time.