单词 | consummation |
释义 | consummationn. 1. a. The action or an act of perfecting. Chiefly in religious contexts. Now rare. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 14v Aftir purgacioun folewiþ illuminacioun, perfeccioun, and consummacioun. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Heb. vii. 11 If þe perfeccyoun or consummacyoun [L. consummatio] was thurgh þe preesthod of leuy. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Dviiiv The consummacion & perfeccion of holynes. 1659 W. Retchford tr. D. Dickson Expos. St. Pauls Epist. 195/2 The perfection or effectual consummation of the worshipers of God..could not bee obtained by the Levitical Priest-hood. 1684 E. Arwaker Elegy on Duchess of Ormond 2 Thou enjoyd'st of Heav'n so large a store, That Consummation scarce cou'd give thee more. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus v. 318 As certainly as our Nature is desirous of Consummation and Undefectiveness. 1724 G. Cheyne Ess. Health vi. 163 In its Advances and final Perfection and Consummation, it [sc. spiritual love] discovers itself to be a Faculty, Quality, or inherent Power in the Soul. 1834 F. Reyroux tr. B. Pictet Christian Theol. vi. xviii. 332 This was..a consummation or perfecting; where, in the place of something imperfect, something more perfect succeeds. 1981 K. D. Sethna Spirituality of Future v. 138 Cosmic evolution is equated with the gestation, birth, and gradual consummation of Christ. b. Acme, height; perfection. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > state of or advanced condition > highest point prickOE heighta1050 full1340 higha1398 pointc1400 roofa1500 top-castle1548 ruff1549 acmea1568 tip1567 noontide1578 high tide1579 superlative1583 summity1588 spring tide1593 meridian1594 period1595 apogee1600 punctilio1601 high-water mark1602 noon1609 zenith1610 auge1611 apex1624 culmination1633 cumble1640 culmen1646 climax1647 topc1650 cumulus1659 summit1661 perigeum1670 highest1688 consummation1698 stretch1741 high point1787 perihelion1804 summary1831 comble1832 heading up1857 climacteric1870 flashpoint1878 tip-end1885 peak1902 noontime1903 Omega point1981 1698 J. Edwards Sermons Special Occas. 45 Natural Reason..being the Upshot of all Good Laws, and the Consummation of the Best Reason. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 10. 64 It is the Consummation of all Crimes to be impudent. 1780 J. Cartwright People's Barrier against Corruption p. xxii Under their administration, we have seen the consummation of national folly, and nearly the consummation of national ruin. 1827 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth I. 330 The consummation of heathen virtue was expressed in the wish of the Roman, that his house were of glass; so might all men behold every action of his life. 1853 L. P. Hickok Syst. Moral Sci. i. ii. 103 The animal..has attained to its ultimate point of cultivation, and reached the consummation of its nature, when it is brought to apprehend and observe the rules of prudence and kindness. 1911 Mod. Lang. Rev. 6 530 The consummation of the art [of the masque] is depicted in the hands of Jonson, and its decadence in those of his successors. 1974 W. I. Thompson Passages about Earth v. 90 Heisenberg had felt that the great era of European music had reached its consummation and that the mind of Europe could be better raised to new heights in physics. 2005 Scotsman (Nexis) 13 Sept. 34 La Gloria was the consummation of that style, but there are many others here that are of equal interest. 2. a. The action or an act of completing, accomplishing, or finishing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] enda1300 chevisancec1330 applyinga1382 perfectiona1382 pointc1385 finishmentc1400 accomplishingc1405 complement1419 consummationa1425 effecta1425 performinga1425 accomplishment1425 fining?1448 complishing1449 complishment1454 achevisauncec1475 achievement1477 perfectinga1513 cheving?1518 furniture1529 achievance1531 exploiture1531 exploiting1538 perimplishment1554 consummating1555 finishing?1563 chevance1570 coronation1582 crowning1586 adimpletion1624 fulfilment1624 complusmenta1628 completure1642 completement1652 transaction1655 patration1656 perfunction1656 completion1657 completing1727 ultimation1791 finality1833 perfectuation1859 fruition1885 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. vi. 19 (MED) Gyfe ȝee now ȝoure membrys to serue to riȝtwisnesse in to sanctificacyoun, þat is, in to consummacyoun of goode. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos (1890) v. 22 For the consommacion of the said sacrifyce. 1546 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. iii. 129 The ereccion & consumacion of the newe hospytall in Smythfeld for the pore. a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) viii. 220 Between the beginning, and consummation or finishing of it. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 13 Aug. (1974) VIII. 384 He did expect..to hear from Breda of the consummation of the peace. 1726 E. F. Haywood Double Marriage 4 She permitted him to ask the Consent of both their Parents for the Consummation of their mutual Wishes. 1768 D. Hume Let. 26 Apr. (1932) II. 174 This condition, by the King, that I should seriously apply myself to the consummation of my History. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. xx. 514 The King..urged the instant consummation of the treaty. 1898 Argosy Aug. 63 The time for the consummation of his vengeance had arrived. 1917 Jrnl. Philos. 14 204 The consummation of the task of science would not mean the cessation of effort and consequent stagnation. 2007 E. Cappell Amer. Talmud 206 The plot of ‘The Old System’ which, soon after Isaac's consummation of the business deal, takes an operatic turn. b. The action or an act of consummating a marriage or relationship. Also more generally: the action or an act of having sexual intercourse. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > consummation of marriage consummation?1530 consummating1555 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > time after marriage > [noun] > putting bride to bed > consummation of marriage consummation?1530 consummating1555 bed-rite- ?1530 in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 213 Nothing was so muche desyred of bothe there parents, as the Consummation of the said act. 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 23 §2 Sentence for Matrimony, commanding Solemnization, Cohabitation, Consummation and Tractation as becometh Man and Wife to have. 1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights 63 The consummation and indiuiduitie of marriage. 1655 Theophania 112 All in general expected either with envy or desire the consummation of their hymeneals. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer i. i. 7 She wou'd have the Wedding before Consummation. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 117 He was more satisfy'd..with the suppos'd motives of his baulk of consummation, than he would have been at the full attainment of it. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 569/2 The following facts are necessary to be proved on a charge of rape: 1, penetration..; 2, actual force in the consummation. 1879 M. Pattison Milton 58 The suggestion..is that Milton's young wife refused him the consummation of the marriage. 1930 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 3 318 The language characterizing the various steps in the consummation of sex relationships. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor iii. xvi. 704 As for the matter of consummation, 'twere an overnice point in our case! 1997 D. D. Wang Fin-de-siècle Splendor vi. 325 By losing himself in illicit sexual consummations, the uncle re-enacts the dissemination of his ideals and sacrifices. 2007 Observer (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Review section) 23 The pair's enjoyment of the intimate supper in their honeymoon suite is marred by their unarticulated thoughts on the impending consummation of their marriage. 3. a. Chiefly in biblical contexts with reference to the end of the world, final judgement, etc.: a conclusion, end. Frequently in consummation of all things, consummation of the world.Sometimes with the suggestion of destruction; cf. consumation n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > ending of existence consummationa1425 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Heb. ix. 26 In þe consummacyoun of þe worldys [L. in consummatione sæculorum], þat is to seye, in þe laste age of þe world. 1542 T. Becon Newes out of Heauen sig. G.iiijv He wyll be wt you euen to the very consummacion & ende of the world. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xviii. 313 The time..of the generall consummation of all thinges is left vncertaine. 1629 A. Symmer Spirituall Posie i. vi. 23 At the consummation of the world, when the number of the Elect shall be perfected. 1690 T. Burnet Rev. Theory of Earth 1 From the first Chaos to the last day, and the Consummation of all things. 1746 J. Wesley Let. 17 June (1931) II. 258 Such interpositions of the power of God, as may not be again till the consummation of all things. 1777 J. Priestley Disquis. Matter & Spirit xiii. 162 At the general consummation of all things. 1829 Christian Examiner & Gen. Rev. Mar. 86 The time supposed, is some period beyond the consummation of this world. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 262 Anything short of the final consummation. 1926 Times 27 Nov. 15/5 The Day of Judgement..is regarded as the consummation of the world's history and of the life of each person in it. 1944 M.-L. Dufrenoy tr. F. Mauriac Eucharist iv. 27 His gesture of love reaches the real wounds always open, always bleeding until the consummation of the world. 1999 Nat. Hist. Apr. 28/2 Among the natural phenomena that poets and scholars have regarded as heralds..of the final consummation, volcanic eruptions hold pride of place. b. gen. A conclusion, end, or death. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] hensithOE qualmOE bale-sithea1000 endingc1000 fallOE forthsitheOE soulingOE life's endOE deathOE hethensithc1200 last end?c1225 forthfarec1275 dying1297 finec1300 partingc1300 endc1305 deceasec1330 departc1330 starving1340 passingc1350 latter enda1382 obita1382 perishingc1384 carrion1387 departing1388 finishmentc1400 trespassement14.. passing forthc1410 sesse1417 cess1419 fininga1425 resolutiona1425 departisona1450 passagea1450 departmentc1450 consummation?a1475 dormition1483 debt to (also of) naturea1513 dissolutionc1522 expirationa1530 funeral?a1534 change1543 departure1558 last change1574 transmigration1576 dissolving1577 shaking of the sheets?1577 departance1579 deceasure1580 mortality1582 deceasing1591 waftage1592 launching1599 quietus1603 doom1609 expire1612 expiring1612 period1613 defunctiona1616 Lethea1616 fail1623 dismissiona1631 set1635 passa1645 disanimation1646 suffering1651 abition1656 Passovera1662 latter (last) end1670 finis1682 exitus1706 perch1722 demission1735 demise1753 translation1760 transit1764 dropping1768 expiry1790 departal1823 finish1826 homegoing1866 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 snuffing1922 fade-out1924 thirty1929 appointment in Samarra1934 dirt nap1981 big chill1987 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > end or completion endc1000 finishmentc1400 consummation?a1475 final1582 ultimity1613 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 113 (MED) This secunde yere is not to be vnderstonde from the begynnenge of this kynge, but from the perfeccion other consummacion [L. a perfectione seu confirmatione] of his realme. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 4 They vysited temples and oracles vnto the consummacion of their dayes. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton H vij Dethe is consumacyon and ende of al payne and laboure. 1581 T. Rogers tr. N. Hemmingsen Faith of Church Militant 122 Christe alone is the beginning, middle, and consummation of our saluation and happinesse. 1584 J. Hudson Serm. Paules Crosse sig. A6 Their finall and prefixed consummation and end. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 281 Quiet consumation haue, And renowned be thy graue. View more context for this quotation a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 217 [They] held that it put a total Consummation unto things in this lower World. 1795 R. Southey Vision Maid of Orleans i. 180 This is his consummation! 1812 Ld. Byron in Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 21 970 These convulsions must terminate in death, the sure consummation..of all political Sangrados. 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 82 Death's consummation crowns completed life. 1944 Times 1 Jan. 5/2 Not only the time but the quality of the consummation depends on the temper with which it is approached. 1970 Western Polit. Q. 23 616 Every action sequence that is interrupted..between the time of its instigation and its expected consummation will produce aggression. 1999 G. Brechin Imperial San Francisco iii. 169 Scott himself would not live to see the consummation of his work. 4. A fitting, crowning, or inevitable outcome; a desired goal. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > fact or condition of being completed perfection?c1225 final1582 consummation1604 ultimate1681 consummativeness1701 finish1801 pay-off1937 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 65 Tis a consumation Deuoutly to be wisht. View more context for this quotation 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 125 I make no doubt but that he will postpone his voyage, and prosecute his addresses to a happy consummation. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. ii. 138 Radicalism..had come to its consummation, and vanished from him in a tragic manner. 1886 J. Morley Pattison's Mem. in Crit. Misc. III. 137 Nothing..was done towards making the desired consummation a certainty. 1927 Times 31 Dec. 13/5 We may complete in the last opportunities of time all that will give life its true consummation. 1997 Y. M. Choueiri Islamic Fundamentalism (rev. ed.) vi. 144 Political power, not forcible conversion, is the consummation of jihad and its raison d'être. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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