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Consume \Con*sume"\ (k[o^]n*s[=u]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Consumed} (k[o^]n*s[=u]md"); 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.
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If he were putting to my house the brand
That shall consume it. --Shak.
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Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20
(Rev. Ver.).
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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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consuming \consuming\ adj.
taking up most of one's attention; ardent; as, politics is
his consuming passion.

Syn: overwhelming.
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