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consummates

consummates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of consummate.

Meaning of consummate

Verb

consummate (third-person singular simple present consummates, present participle consummating, simple past and past participle consummated)

  1. (transitive) To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
    • 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
  2. (transitive) To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
  3. (transitive) To make (a marriage) complete by the spouses' first engaging in sexual intercourse.
    • the marriage was never consummated
  4. (intransitive) To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.

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Questions about consummates

What is consummates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Consummates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of consummate.

Words near consummates in the dictionary

  1. consummate
  2. consummate marriage
  3. consummate marriages
  4. consummated
  5. consummately
  6. consummates
  7. consummatest
  8. consummateth
  9. consummating
  10. consummation
  11. consummations

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