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▪ I. † conˈsumpt, ppl. a. Obs. [ad. L. consumpt-us, pa. pple. of consūmĕre to consume.] = consumed: as pple. and adj.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. vii. 60 It is nat ȝeuen to knowe hem þat ben dede and consumpt. 1382Wyclif Joshua x. 20 Aduersaries..vnto the deeth almest consumpt [1388 almost wastid]. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. i. (1495) 187 Flesshe, fatnesse, and fayrnesse is consumpt and spended. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. xxxiv, Men..longe and lene, Consumpt, sklendre, browne and citren hewed. ▪ II. consumpt, n. Chiefly Sc.|kənˈsʌm(p)t| [f. L. type consumptus (u-stem; cf. sumptus cost, expense), f. ppl. stem of consūmĕre to consume.] Consumption.
1756M. Calderwood Jrnl. (1884) 82 This is but home consumpt. 1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 151 The consumpt of it [barley] in beer is but small. 1880J. H. Burton Reign Q. Anne I. iv. 146 Taxes to be imposed on consumpt at home. 1884St. James's Gaz. 8 Feb. 6/2 He placed the London consumpt at 86,000 bushels. |