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Webster 1913 Edition
Consume
Con-sume′
(kŏn-sūm′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Consumed
(kŏn-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
That shall
consume
it. Shakespeare
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth
consume
. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver.).
Syn. – To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.
Con-sume′
(kŏn-sūm′)
, Verb.
I.
To waste away slowly.
Therefore, let Benedick, like covered fire,
Consume
away in sighs. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Consume
CONSUME
,Verb.
T.
1.
To destroy, by separating the parts of a thing, by decomposition, as by fire, or eating, devouring, and annihilating the form of a substance. Fire consumes wood, coal, stubble; animals consume flesh and vegetables.2.
To destroy by dissipating or by use; to expend; to waste; to squander; as, to consume an estate.Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. James 4.
3.
To spend; to cause to pass away, as time; as, to consume the day in idleness.Their days did he consume in vanity. Psalm 78.
4.
To cause to disappear; to waste slowly. My flesh is consumed away. Job 38.
5.
To destroy; to bring to utter ruin; to exterminate.Let me alone-- that I may consume them. Exodus 32.
CONSUME
,Verb.
I.
Their flesh--their eyes--their tongue shall consume away. Zechariah 14.
The wicked shall perish--they shall consume. Psalm 37.