- (a.) Affected with or inclined to, consumption.
- (n.) One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "consumptive" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/consumptive/definitions/1990878> |