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English Dictionary: consummate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for consummate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consummate adj 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" Synonym(s): consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a) perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance" Synonym(s): complete, consummate 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" Synonym(s): 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 fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage" make perfect; bring to perfection
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consummate \Consum"mate\, 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. [bd]A man of perfect and consummate* virtue.[b8] --Addison. The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. --Motley
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consummate \Con"summate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consummated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consummating}.] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. To consummate* this business happily. --Shak.