Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consummation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consummation \Con`sum*ma"tion\, n. [L. consummatio.]
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated;
completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of
the world or of life).
``Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. --Shak.
From its original to its consummation. --Addison.
Quiet consummation have, And renown['e]d be thy grave.
--Shak.
{Consummation of marrige}, completion of the connubial
relation by actual cohabition.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consummation
n 1: the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
2: the act of bringing to completion or fruition
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