Obs. [a. OF. consumacion (12th c. in Littré), var. of consummation, -sommation, properly n. of action from consommer, but used also as n. of action from consumer, owing to the French confusion of the two vbs. In mod.F. consommation still includes the sense of consumption of fuel, victuals, etc., which etymologically belongs to consomption. See CONSUME v.2]
1. The action of consuming, destruction.
1586. Exam. H. Barrowe, in Harl. Misc. (Malh.), II. 34. The consumation of the man of sin.
1632. Lithgow, Trav., VI. 256. [No] Trees, or Bushes, grow neere to Sodome by three miles: such is the consummation of that pestiferous Gulfe.
2. The disease CONSUMPTION.
1551. Turner, Herbal, I. P iv a. Bitter tares are very fit for them that are in a consumation.
