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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

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.

Source : WordNet®

consummate
     v 1: of marriages
     2: make perfect; bring to perfection

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)}]
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