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Dictionary

con•sum•mate

Pronunciation: (
—v.kon'su-māt";
—adj.kun-sum'it, kon'su-mit), [key]
—v., -mat•ed, -mat•ing,
—adj.

—v.t.
1. to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
2. to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.
3. to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.

—adj.
1. complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.
2. being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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