Consummating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Consummate \Con"sum*mate\ (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]t or
     k[o^]n*s[u^]m"m[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consummated}
     (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Consummating}
     (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]`t[i^]ng).]
     To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or
     degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.


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           To consummate this business happily.     --Shak.
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