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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | consumer, from Latin consumere, from com- ( COM-) + sumere 'to take up, take' |
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con‧sume
[transitive]
[transitive]1 to use time, energy, goods etc [↪ consumption]: 
Only 27% of the paper we consume is recycled.A smaller vehicle will consume less fuel.
Only 27% of the paper we consume is recycled.A smaller vehicle will consume less fuel.2 formal to eat or drink something [↪ consumer, consumption]: Alcohol may not be consumed on the premises.
Alcohol may not be consumed on the premises.3 literary if a feeling or idea consumes you, it affects you very strongly, so that you cannot think about anything else : She was scared by the depression which threatened to consume her.
She was scared by the depression which threatened to consume her.4 formal if fire consumes something, it destroys it completely
