The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed.
Dryden.
Con*sump"tive, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
Con*sump"tive*ly, adv. In a way tending to or indication consumption. Beddoes.
Con*sump"tive*ness, n. A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.
Con`ta*bes"cent (?), a. [L. contabescenc, p. pr. of contabescere.] Wasting away gradually. Darwin.
-- Con*ta*bes"cence (#), n.
Con"tact (k&obreve;n"tăkt), n. [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] 1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.
2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.