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to burn up; to eat up; to devour. If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ). Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10.

Excessively. [Low] He's so consumedly pround of it. Thackeray.

One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.

satisfy human wants or desires, such as food, clothes, pictures, etc.; -- called also consumption goods, or goods of the first order, and opposed to producer's goods.

commodity over that he does pay, rather than go without the commodity; -- called also consumer's rent.

In a consuming manner.

ost 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

In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.

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 t…

Serving to consummate; completing. "The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy." Sir W. Hamilton.

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.

Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison.

In a way tending to or indication consumption. Beddoes.

A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.

That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.

To select; to borrow. [Obs.] Sir. M. Hale.

he back or dorsal region of an animal; the upper side of an appendage or part; as, the dorsum of the tongue.

A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.

A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."

Not consumable; incapable of being consumed, wasted, or spent. Paley. -- In`con*sum"a*bly, adv.