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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consummate \Con*sum"mate\, 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. The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. --Motley From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Consummate \Con"sum*mate\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consummated}; p. pr & vb n. {Consummating}.] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. To consummate this business happily. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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: {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}] 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" [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)}] v 1: of marriages 2: make perfect; bring to perfection [syn: {perfect}]
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