Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON'SUM-MATE, v.t. [L. consummo, consummatus; con and summo, from summa, sum; Fr. consommer; Sp. consumar. See Sum.]

To end; to finish by completing what was intended; to perfect; to bring or carry to the utmost point or degree. He had a mind to consummate the happiness of the day. – Tatler.