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The office of a consul. Addison.

The office of a consul; consulate.

To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take consel; to deliberate together; to confer. Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak. All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes.

Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. Consultary response (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. Wharton.

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision. Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. Milton.

Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. "A consultative . . . power." Abp. Bramhall.

Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft.

One who consults, or asks counsel or information.

That consults. Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.

Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative. He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative, consultive, knowing act. Jer. Taylor.

Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent. "Consumable commodities." Locke.

te; 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.

Economic goods that directly 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.

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

In a consuming manner.

utmost 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…