KJV Dictionary Definition: consummate

consummate

CONSUMMATE, v.t. L. See Sum. To end; to finish by completing what was intended; to perfect; to bring or carry to the utmost point or degree.

He had a mind to consummate the happiness of the day.

CONSUMMATE, a. Complete; perfect; carried to the utmost extent or degree; as consummate greatness or felicity.

consummated

CONSUMMATED, pp. Completed; perfected; ended.

consummately

CONSUMMATELY, adv. Completely; perfectly.

consummating

CONSUMMATING, ppr. Completing; accomplishing; perfecting.

consummation

CONSUMMATION, n. L.

1. Completion; end; perfection of a word, process or scheme.

2. The end or completion of the present system of things; the end of the world.

3. Death; the end of life.

Consummation of marriage, the most intimate union of the sexes, which completes the connubial relation.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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