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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Consume, v. Also: -sum, -some, -soume, -sowme, -seum. [ME. (Wyclif), L. consūmere.]

1. tr. To consume by fire; to burn up. a1400 Leg. S. xxxviii. 506.
Scho wald haf ronnyne in the fire, … With thai that say consumyt ware
1492 Myll Spect. 286/13.
He … maid his moder … to be brynt and consumyt all in assis
c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3432.
Brintstone and fyre … did consume that hole regioun
1572 Inverness B. Rec. I. 214.
Fynla … hes consumit the haill … thairoff wyth fyre and vtherwais

2. To consume by wearing away, wasting, using up, destroying, etc. a1400 Leg. S. xxxix. 342.
Cancre … sa consumyt had his thé
c1420 Wynt. iv. 850.
The Romanys hale Consumyt and held fra thame all wyttalle
Ib. 998.
The dede Consumyd thame wythout remede
1456 Hay II. 123/4.
Thai dryar metis consumys evill fleumys
Ib. 27.
The remaynis [of food] … consumes the caloure degestive
a1500 Henr. Fab. 858.
Phebus with his bemis Consumit had the mistie cluddis gray
1490 Irland Mir. I. 6/5.
Quhen be wattir all mankind war neir consumyt
1513 Doug. vii. v. 43.
Agane Troianys consumyt are … The strenth of all the hevynnys
1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 192.
Of thare vertew for to consume the glore
1549 Compl. 67/9.
Ennetseidis that consumis the ventositeis of the stomac
a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. clxxx. 28.
Gif it weill gydit be And nocht in waine consumit and mispent
a1585 Maitl. Q. xciv. 4.
Than Ouide from exyle Of Pontus cam … Conseumd with woe

b. To spend (time). 1531 Bell. Boece I. 50.
He consumit the residew of his dayis in misere at York

3. intr. To waste or be wasted away. 1572 Inverness B. Rec. I. 215.
Through want of my ease drope my wowte and sellar … dalie consumes wyth watter
a1585 Maitl. Q. xlviii. 167.
In sorrow lat me not consome [: dome] Nor langer dolour drie
1625 Garden Kings 16.
Where he with shame and sorrow did consoume, Whill Argadus regented in his rowm

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