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"consume" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often partake (7 letters).
Definitions
Use up, eat, drink, or take in something.
Word origin
From Middle English consumen, from Old French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere, cōnsūmō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”), from sub- + emō (“to buy, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), possibly related to the root *nem- (“to take or give one's due”).
Used in a sentence
“The power plant consumes 30 tons of coal per hour.”
“Baby birds consume their own weight in food each day.”
“Desire consumed him.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Take in or use”7 letters
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