consummate

[ verb kon-suh-meyt; adjective kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit ]
/ verb ˈkɒn səˌmeɪt; adjective kənˈsʌm ɪt, ˈkɒn sə mɪt /
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verb (used with object), con·sum·mat·ed, con·sum·mat·ing.

to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
to complete (an arrangement, agreement, or the like) by a pledge or the signing of a contract: The company consummated its deal to buy a smaller firm.
to complete (the union of a marriage) by the first marital sexual intercourse.

adjective

complete or perfect; supremely skilled; superb: a consummate master of the violin.
being of the highest or most extreme degree: a work of consummate skill; an act of consummate savagery.

Origin of consummate

1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin consummātus (past participle of consummāre to complete, bring to perfection), equivalent to con- con- + summ(a) sum + -ātus -ate1

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Words related to unconsummated

fragmentary, partial, lacking, deficient, inadequate, sketchy, insufficient, broken, crude, defective, fractional, immature, imperfect, incoherent, meager, part, rough, rude, rudimentary, short

Example sentences from the Web for unconsummated

  • “Unconsummated love affairs are perhaps the most poignant and most remembered of all,” Campion argues.

    Telling the Story of Keats' Love Connection |Stephen Farber |September 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

  • The lovers, now that in an aery body they must sorrow for unconsummated love, are 'tangled up as the grass patterns are tangled.'

    Certain Noble Plays of Japan |Ezra Pound

  • They came waking and crowding to fill out the measure of his unconsummated passion, and they had all one face and one likeness.

    The Lovely Lady |Mary Austin

  • Loving each other as men and women love but once in a lifetime, their love was destined to be for ever unconsummated.

    The Hermit of Far End |Margaret Pedler

British Dictionary definitions for unconsummated (1 of 2)

unconsummated
/ (ʌnˈkɒnsəˌmeɪtɪd) /

adjective

(of a marriage, relationship, etc) not having been consummated

British Dictionary definitions for unconsummated (2 of 2)

consummate

verb (ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪt) (tr)

to bring to completion or perfection; fulfil
to complete (a marriage) legally by sexual intercourse

adjective (kənˈsʌmɪt, ˈkɒnsəmɪt)

accomplished or supremely skilled a consummate artist
(prenominal) (intensifier) a consummate fool

Derived forms of consummate

consummately, adverb consummation, noun consummative or consummatory, adjective consummator, noun

Word Origin for consummate

C15: from Latin consummāre to complete, from summus highest, utmost