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consummative

consummative adjective: serving to consummate or complete.

Adjective

consummative (comparative more consummative, superlative most consummative)

  1. Serving to consummate or complete.
    • the final, the consummative procedure of philosophya. 1857, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood...
  2. a verb aspect that indicates the completion of an action.; perfect.

Forms of consummative

comparativemore consummative
superlativemost consummative

Origin of consummative

From consummate + -ive.

Words formed from consummative

Questions about consummative

What does consummative mean?
Consummative means serving to consummate or complete.
What part of speech is consummative?
Consummative is an adjective.

Words near consummative in the dictionary

  1. consummatest
  2. consummateth
  3. consummating
  4. consummation
  5. consummations
  6. consummative
  7. consummatively
  8. consummativeness
  9. consummator
  10. consummators
  11. consummatory

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