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   Consume , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consumed ; 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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   Consume , v. i. To waste away slowly.
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   Therefore, let Benedick, like covered fire,
   Consume away in sighs.
   Shak.
   
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