Con*sume" (k&obreve;n*sūm"),
v. i. To waste away
slowly.
Therefore, let Benedick, like covered fire,
Consume away in sighs.
Shak.
Con*sume" (k&obreve;n*sūm"),
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consumed (- sūmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Consuming.]
[L.
consumere to take wholly or completely, to consume; con- +
sumere to take; sub + emere to buy. See Redeem.] To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
If he were putting to my
house the brand
That shall consume it.
Shak.
Lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust
doth consume.
Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver.).
Let me alone . . . that I may consume them.
Ex. xxxii. 10.
Syn. -- To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
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