consummate
/ˈkɑnsəmeɪt/ verbe C2En français : consommer
- To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
- To make perfect, achieve, give the finishing touch.
- To make (a marriage) complete by the spouses' first engaging in sexual intercourse. · the marriage was never consummated· After the reception, he escorted her to the honeymoon suite to consummate their marriage.
- To become perfected, receive the finishing touch.
He/she/it consummates · Prétérit consummated · Participe passé consummated · Forme en -ing consummating
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- consummate
- He/she/it
- consummates
- Prétérit
- consummated
- Participe passé
- consummated
- Forme en -ing
- consummating
Dans la bibliothèque
The house of the Duke of Bracciano is one of the most delightful in Rome, the duchess, one of the last heiresses of the Colonnas, does its honors with the most consummate grace, and thus their fêtes have a European celebrity.
“I do not know if that is her reason,” said Albert, “but one thing I do know, that if this marriage be consummated, it will render her quite miserable.
“Never mind,” replied Villefort; “I say that this marriage shall be consummated.”
Andrea, on whose arm hung one of the most consummate dandies of the Opera, was explaining to him rather cleverly, since he was obliged to be bold to appear at ease, his future projects, and the new luxuries he meant to introduce to Parisian fashions with his hundred and seventy-five thousand livres per annum.
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