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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. fulfill sexually;
- Example: "consummate a marriage"

2. make perfect; bring to perfection;


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill;
- Example: "a consummate artist"
- Example: "consummate skill"
- Example: "a masterful speaker"
- Example: "masterful technique"
- Example: "a masterly performance of the sonata"
- Example: "a virtuoso performance"
[syn: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]

2. perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities;
- Example: "a complete gentleman"
- Example: "consummate happiness"
- Example: "a consummate performance"
[syn: complete, consummate]

3. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
- Example: "an arrant fool"
- Example: "a complete coward"
- Example: "a consummate fool"
- Example: "a double-dyed villain"
- Example: "gross negligence"
- Example: "a perfect idiot"
- Example: "pure folly"
- Example: "what a sodding mess"
- Example: "stark staring mad"
- Example: "a thoroughgoing villain"
- Example: "utter nonsense"
- Example: "the unadulterated truth"
[syn: 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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Consummate \Con*sum"mate\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]m"m[asl]t), 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. "A man of perfect and consummate
   virtue." --Addison.
   [1913 Webster]

         The little band held the post with consummate tenacity.
                                                  --Motley
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Consummate \Con"sum*mate\ (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]t or
   k[o^]n*s[u^]m"m[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consummated
   (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Consummating
   (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]`t[i^]ng).]
   To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or
   degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
   [1913 Webster]

         To consummate this business happily.     --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

consummate
    adj 1: 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" [syn:
           consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]
    2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary
       qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a
       consummate performance" [syn: complete, consummate]
    3: 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" [syn: 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 1: fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage"
    2: make perfect; bring to perfection