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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consume \Con*sume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consumed}; p. pr &
vb n. {Consuming}.] [L. consumere to take wholly or
complectely, to consume; con- + sumere to take sub + emere
to buv. See {Redeem}.]
To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire;
to use up to expend; to waste; to burn up to eat up to
devour.
If he were putting to my house the brand That shall
consume it --Shak.
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi 20
(Rev. Ver. ).
Let me alone . . . that I may consume them --Ex.
xxxii 10.
Syn: To destroy; swallow up ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust;
spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
consumed
adj 1: completely used up [syn: {used-up(a)}, {used up(p)}]
2: eaten or drunk up
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