CONSUMMATION
Con`sum*ma"tion, n. Etym: [L. consummatio.]
Defn: 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 renownShak.
Consummation of marrige, completion of the connubial relation by
actual cohabition.
CONSUMMATIVE
Con*sum"ma*tive, a.
Defn: Serving to consummate; completing. "The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy." Sir W. Hamilton.
CONSUMPTION
Con*sump"tion, n.. Etym: [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.]
1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. Burke.
2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
3. (Med.)
Defn: A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; — called also pulmonary consumption. Consumption of the bowels (Med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease.
Syn.
— Decline; waste; decay. See Decline.