Consume /(kŏn*sūm")/

Con·sume

Consume

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Consumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Consuming

  1. To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
    If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it.
    Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume.
    — Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver.).
    Let me alone . . . that I may consume them.
    — Ex. xxxii. 10.

Consume

v. i.
  1. To waste away slowly.
    Therefore, let Benedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs.