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consummer (s.xii1)

consummer (s.xii1)

consumer, 
(p.p. consumpt)  
  FEW:  consummare 2/ii,1096a Gdf: GdfC:  consommer 9,167c TL: consomer 2,743 DEAF:  consomer  DMF:  consommer  TLF:  consommer  OED:  consomme v.  / consume v.  MED:  consumen v.  DMLBS:  consummare 462b

v.trans.

1to consume, destroy
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) consummede seit l'ordeet des peccheurs  Oxf Ps ANTS 45.7.10
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  (On Judgement Day) consummez serat cist mont E les overaignes ki i sunt  Salemon 4935
2to use up
( 1363 )  toute la richesse du roialme est a poi consumpte & anientez  Rot Parl1 ii 278
3to end, finish
( s.xiii3/4; MS: c.1275 )  E consumma Symeon ses jurz  Suidas 617

v.intrans.

to come to an end
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  consummerad (Latin: consummabitur) sa parole de generatiun e generatiun (Latin: de generatione e generatione) ?  Camb Ps 135.LXXVI.8

v.refl.

to pine away, waste away
( 1406; MS: s.xv1 )  par tiel dolur home poet consumer lui mesmes tanque al morte  Lett & Pet 111.62.30

p.p. as a.

(of a marriage) consummated, completed by sexual intercourse
( 1396 )  le dit mariage ne fust parfait et consummé  Engl Dip Pract  533
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consummer