consummate
verb (used with object)
to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
consummated
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past participleof consummate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof consummate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
consummateverb (used with object)to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
Example Sentences
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In an age when every middle-class household could afford a few hearth gods, the superior collector consummated his passion for beauty against the “prevailing winds of progress, fashion, democracy, money, and modernity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
The team also poured millions into NIL deals consummated before the House settlement so that players could benefit prior to the NCAA’s clearinghouse, NIL Go, going into effect July 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
Although Henry married his cousin, their marriage was apparently never consummated and his wife later filed for annulment.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
The plea agreement was all but signed, sealed and delivered when it was presented in a Delaware federal court in July 2023, whereupon it stood to be swiftly consummated 999 times out of 1,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2024
From their earliest appearance, however, the chronicle plays offered opportunities for developments later consummated by Shakespeare.
From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike
