Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consummate"
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) 1.7 (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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