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(1):

(n.) The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.

(2):

(n.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; - called also pulmonary consumption.

(3):

(n.) The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

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