Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to consummate
Participle: consummated
Gerund: consummating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | consummate |
| you | consummate |
| he;she;it | consummates |
| we | consummate |
| you | consummate |
| they | consummate |
Perfect
| I | have consummated |
| you | have consummated |
| he;she;it | has consummated |
| we | have consummated |
| you | have consummated |
| they | have consummated |
Past
| I | consummated |
| you | consummated |
| he;she;it | consummated |
| we | consummated |
| you | consummated |
| they | consummated |
Pluperfect
| I | had consummated |
| you | had consummated |
| he;she;it | had consummated |
| we | had consummated |
| you | had consummated |
| they | had consummated |
Future
| I | will consummate |
| you | will consummate |
| he;she;it | will consummate |
| we | will consummate |
| you | will consummate |
| they | will consummate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have consummated |
| you | will have consummated |
| he;she;it | will have consummated |
| we | will have consummated |
| you | will have consummated |
| they | will have consummated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | consummate |
| you | consummate |
| he;she;it | consummate |
| we | consummate |
| you | consummate |
| they | consummate |
Perfect
| I | have consummated |
| you | have consummated |
| he;she;it | have consummated |
| we | have consummated |
| you | have consummated |
| they | have consummated |
Imperfect
| I | consummated |
| you | consummated |
| he;she;it | consummated |
| we | consummated |
| you | consummated |
| they | consummated |
Pluperfect
| I | had consummated |
| you | had consummated |
| he;she;it | had consummated |
| we | had consummated |
| you | had consummated |
| they | had consummated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would consummate |
| you | would consummate |
| he;she;it | would consummate |
| we | would consummate |
| you | would consummate |
| they | would consummate |
Perfect
| I | would have consummated |
| you | would have consummated |
| he;she;it | would have consummated |
| we | would have consummated |
| you | would have consummated |
| they | would have consummated |
Imperative
| you | consummate |
| we | Let's consummate |
| you | consummate |
Verbs conjugated like 'consummate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'consummate'
columnate,
conculcate,
confuscate,
conjugate,
connubiate,
connumerate,
consecrate,
conservate,
consociate,
consolate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bring to completion
- end
- to finish (something)
- conclude, discontinue, do, fullcome, round off, stay, stop, terminate, end
- perfect
- crown, accomplish, achieve, fulfill, complete, execute, finish, top
Antonyms
- perfect
- imperfect, damaged, flawed, marred
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in c. 1525; either inherited from Middle English *consummaten (only attested in compound tenses) or directly borrowed from Latin consummātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Sample Sentences
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Although it was agreed by all that discovery must be consummated by possession and use, […] [1921, James Truslow Adams, The Founding of New England, chapter III:]
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In one word, in perfumery the artist completes and consummates the original natural odour, which he cuts, so to speak, and mounts as a jeweller improves and brings out the water of a precious stone. [1926, chapter X, in Against the Grain, translation of À rebours by Joris-Karl Huysmans:]
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the marriage was never consummated
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After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.
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[…] in the essay which he made the very first night to serve her so as to consummate the marriage he made a false move, […] [1890, Giovanni Boccaccio, “part 10”, in James MacMullen Rigg, transl., The Decameron, volume 2:]
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In Christian marriage, which implies the restoration, by Christ Himself, of marriage to its original indissolubility, there can never be an absolute divorce, at least after the marriage has been consummated; [1913, Augustinus Lehmkuhl, Walter George Smith, “Divorce”, in Catholic Encyclopedia:]
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In a 1739 case from Laifeng County, Hubei, the widow Zhang Shi (forty-five sui) was killed by her new second husband, Jiang Changyi (forty-three sui), when she refused to consummate her marriage with him. [2000, Matthew H. Sommer, “Widows in the Qing Chastity Cult: The Nexus of Sex and Property in Law and in Women's Lives”, in Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 187:]