▪ I. † conˈsumpt, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. consumpt-us, pa. pple. of consūmĕre to consume.]
= consumed: as pple. and adj.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. ii. vii. 60 It is nat ȝeuen to knowe hem þat ben dede and consumpt. 1382 Wyclif Joshua x. 20 Aduersaries..vnto the deeth almest consumpt [1388 almost wastid]. 1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. i. (1495) 187 Flesshe, fatnesse, and fayrnesse is consumpt and spended. 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. xxxiv, Men..longe and lene, Consumpt, sklendre, browne and citren hewed. |
▪ II. consumpt, n. Chiefly Sc.
(kənˈsʌm(p)t)
[f. L. type consumptus (u-stem; cf. sumptus cost, expense), f. ppl. stem of consūmĕre to consume.]
Consumption.
| 1756 M. Calderwood Jrnl. (1884) 82 This is but home consumpt. 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Perth 151 The consumpt of it [barley] in beer is but small. 1880 J. H. Burton Reign Q. Anne I. iv. 146 Taxes to be imposed on consumpt at home. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 8 Feb. 6/2 He placed the London consumpt at 86,000 bushels. |