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Consummation \Con`sum*ma"tion\ (k[o^]n`s[u^]m*m[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
[L. consummatio.]
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated;
completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or
of life).
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'T is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. --Shak.
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From its original to its consummation. --Addison.
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Quiet consummation have,
And renown['e]d be thy grave. --Shak.
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{Consummation of marriage}, completion of the connubial
relation by actual cohabition.
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