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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sum \Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL summare.]
1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one
amount; to cast up as a column of figures; to ascertain
the totality of -- usually with up
The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour
doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day
--Bacon.
2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a
few words to condense; -- usually with up
``Go to the ant, thou sluggard,'' in few words sums
up the moral of this fable. --L'Estrange.
He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden.
3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish
with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens
[wings]. --Milton.
{Summing up}, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a
r['e]sum['e]; a summary.
Syn: To cast up collect; comprise; condense; comprehend;
compute.
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