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summing |
1 definition found 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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