consummate

[verb kon-suh-meyt; adjective kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit]

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verb (used with object), con·sum·mat·ed, con·sum·mat·ing.

to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.
to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.

adjective

complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.
being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.

Origin of consummate

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consummātus (past participle of consummāre to complete, bring to perfection), equivalent to con- con- + summ(a) sum + -ātus -ate¹

Related formscon·sum·mate·ly, adverbcon·sum·ma·tive, con·sum·ma·to·ry

[kuhn-suhm-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /kənˈsʌm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjectivecon·sum·ma·tor, nounhalf-con·sum·mat·ed, adjectiveun·con·sum·mate, adjectiveun·con·sum·mate·ly, adverbun·con·sum·mat·ed, adjectiveun·con·sum·ma·tive, adjective

Synonyms for consummate

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1. complete, perfect, finish, accomplish, achieve.

Antonyms for consummate

4. imperfect, unfinished.

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Related Words for consummately

thoroughly, wholly, completely, utterly, fully, entirely, altogether, quite, totally, unconditionally, perfectly, absolutely, exactly, wholeheartedly, all, consummately, well, exclusively, just, comprehensively

Examples from the Web for consummately

Historical Examples of consummately

And yet, unfortunately for him, that woman is consummately plausible.
The Diary of a Man of Fifty
Henry James
You are consummately ignorant of the power of our great medicine men.
La Ronge Journal, 1823
George Nelson
Though her mien was in general haughty, she flattered Zenobia, and consummately.
Endymion
Benjamin Disraeli
His methods were consummately adapted to the genius of the Byzantines.
The Prince of India, Volume II
Lew. Wallace
But what need I instance in those that are consummately good?
Essays and Miscellanies
Plutarch

British Dictionary definitions for consummately

consummate

verb (ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪt) (tr)

to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil
to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse

adjective (kənˈsʌmɪt, ˈkɒnsəmɪt)

accomplished or supremely skilleda consummate artist
(prenominal) (intensifier)a consummate fool

Derived Formsconsummately, adverbconsummation, nounconsummative or consummatory, adjectiveconsummator, noun

Word Origin for consummate

C15: from Latin consummāre to complete, from summus highest, utmost

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Word Origin and History for consummately

consummate

adj.

mid-15c., from Latin consummatus "perfected, complete," past participle of consummare "sum up, complete" (see consummation). Of persons, "accomplished, very qualified," from 1640s. Related: Consummately.

consummate

1520s, "to bring to completion," from Latin consummatus, past participle of consummare "to sum up, make up, complete, finish" (see consummation). Meaning "to bring a marriage to completion" (by sexual intercourse) is from 1530s. Related: Consummated; consummating.