Consume
Consume (kon*sūm") , transitive verb
[Latin consumere to take wholly or completely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere to buy. See Redeem.]
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.
Let me alone... that I may consume them.
Consume (kon*sūm") , intransitive verb
To waste away slowly.
Therefore, let Benedick, like covered fire,
Consume away in sighs.