consummate
verb (used with object)
to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
have consummated
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present perfectof consummate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It’s true, too, that the expected difficult choices—the kind that would have consummated old arcs and recent schisms—didn’t really materialize.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2019
It’s ironic that he government is at this very moment re-considering the Staples-Office Depot merger; that should have consummated back when my now-adult son was a baby.
From Forbes ● Feb. 20, 2015
The red-tailed hawk couple of Washington Square Park, Bobby and his new mate, Rosie, have consummated their relationship.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2012
Only a man who was at once a Muhammadan, a scientist and a leader of great tact, courage and obstinacy could have consummated this expedition.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there is a task yet before us—to go forward and have consummated by the votes of the States that which Congress had so nobly begun yesterday.
From A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by John George Nicolay
