Bible Dictionaries
Consume

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To waste away slowly.

(2):

(v. t.) To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Consume'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/consume.html. 1828.