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consummate

PRONUNCIATION:

(adj.: KON-suh-muht, kuhn-SUH-muht; verb: KON-suh-mayt)

MEANING:

adjective:	1. Complete or perfect.
	2. Highly accomplished or skilled.
verb tr.:	1. To finish, complete, or make perfect.
	2. To make a marital or other romantic union complete by having sex.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin consummatus (brought to completion), past participle of consummare (to complete or sum), from con- (together) + summa (sum). Earliest documented use: 1447.

USAGE:

“In fact, your hypocrisy was so consummate that I never suspected it.”
Rafael Sabatini; Scaramouche; Houghton Mifflin; 1921.

See more usage examples of consummate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

There is no such thing as a "self-made" man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts. -George Matthew Adams, newspaper columnist (23 Aug 1878-1962)

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