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单词 consumation
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consumationn.

Brit. /ˌkɒnsjᵿˈmeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌkɑns(j)əˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s 1800s– consumation.

β. 1600s consummacion, 1600s consummation.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: consume v.1, -ation suffix.
Etymology: < consume v.1 + -ation suffix. Compare Middle French consumation act of consuming, destruction (15th cent. in an isolated attestation; French (rare) consumation (20th cent.)), Italian consumazione destruction (a1306), action or act of consuming (first half of the 14th cent.). Compare earlier consumption n., and also consummation n.The β. forms were perhaps influenced by Middle French consommation action or act of consuming (see consumption n.); see also discussion at consume v.1 Apparently re-formed in the 19th cent.
1. = consumption n. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun]
wasting1398
pininga1450
consumation1551
waste1570
marasmus1574
colliquation1601
marasme1612
decrement1646
wearing1654
unnourishment1662
decline1783
undermining1897
abiotrophy1902
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. P.iiij Bitter tares are very fit for them that are in a consumation.
1569 S. Batman in tr. O. de la Marche Trauayled Pylgrime sig. G.iv In the desert of Age there is no going out, decrepite or consumation of the body may not escape the prefixed time appointed.
2. The action or an act of consuming; consumption, destruction.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.)
consuminga1398
consumptiona1398
devoration1528
devouring1577
consumation1586
obsorptionc1600
swallow1607
depredation1626
depastion1658
1586 Exam. H. Barrowe in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 34 The consumation of the man of sin.
a1590 in J. Hardiman Hist. of Galway (1820) ii. 209 The making of acquavitae of corne..is a consumation of all the provition of corne in the comonwealthe.
1614 W. Lithgow Most Delectable Disc. Peregrination sig. P2v [No] trees, or bushes, grow neere to Sodome by many miles: such is the consumation [1632: consummation] of that pestiferous Gulfe.
1824 Ann. Reg. 1823 (Otridge ed.) Chron. 124/1 The punishment..will Cost you not less than your life, with a total Consumation of your property.
1852 Ohio Cultivator 15 Oct. 306/2 The use of guano and the consumation of oilcake.
1919 Science 12 Dec. 547/2 Any decrease in the consumation of nitrate for making acid should react in favor of a decreased demand.
2000 R. Lethbridge in E. Dorday tr. É. Zola La Débâcle Introd. p. xxiv Maurice..recognizes, in the symbolic consumation of the accursed imperial city, the cauterizing and purgatorial fire of the Commune itself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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