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   Sum , n. [OE. summe, somme, OF. sume, some, F. somme, L. summa, fr. summus highest, a superlative from sub under. See Sub-, and cf. Supreme.]
   The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; as, the sum of 5 and 7 is 12.
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   Take ye the sum of all the congregation.
   Num. i. 2.
   
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   ☞ Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to an aggregate of persons or things.
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   A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum. “The sum of forty pound.” 
   Chaucer.
   
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   With a great sum obtained I this freedom.
   Acts xxii. 28.
   
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   The principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium; as, this is the sum of all the evidence in the case; this is the sum and substance of his objections.
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   Height; completion; utmost degree.
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   Thus have I told thee all my state, and brought
   My story to the sum of earthly bliss.
   Milton.
   
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   (Arith.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.
   Macaulay.
   
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   A sum in arithmetic wherein a flaw discovered at a particular point is ipso facto fatal to the whole.
   Gladstone.
   
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   A large sheet of paper . . . covered with long sums.
   Dickens.
   
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   Algebraic sum, as distinguished from arithmetical sum, the aggregate of two or more numbers or quantities taken with regard to their signs, as + or -, according to the rules of addition in algebra; thus, the algebraic sum of -2, 8, and -1 is 5. -- In sum, in short; in brief. [Obs.] “In sum, the gospel . . . prescribes every virtue to our conduct, and forbids every sin.” Rogers.
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   Sum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Summed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Summing.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.]
   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.
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   The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day.
   Bacon.
   
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   To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
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   “Go to the ant, thou sluggard,” in few words sums up the moral of this fable.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   He sums their virtues in himself alone.
   Dryden.
   
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   (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
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   But feathered soon and fledge
   They summed their pens [wings].
   Milton.
   
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   Summing up, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a résumé; a summary.
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   Syn. -- To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute.
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