Consume

kon-sūm′, v.t. to destroy by wasting, fire, evaporation, .: to use up: to devour: to waste or spend: to exhaust.— v.i. to waste away.— adj. Consum′able .— adv. Consum′edly , exceedingly—originally a fantastic variant of confoundedly , and prob. influenced in meaning by consummately .— ns. Consum′er , as opposed to producer , he who uses an article produced; Consum′ing , wasting or destroying. [L. consum-ĕre , to destroy— con , sig. completene , sum-ĕre , sumptum , to take.]