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   consummate

   verb

   • 1. make (a marriage or relationship) complete by having sexual intercourse: "they did not consummate their marriage until months after it took place"
   • ▪ complete (a transaction): "the property sale is consummated"

   adjective

   • 1. showing great skill and flair: "she dressed with consummate elegance"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘completed, accomplished’): from Latin consummat- ‘brought to completion’, from the verb consummare, from con- ‘altogether’ + summa ‘sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest, supreme’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. consummately adverb
   • 2. consummator noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

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