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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
summate

"to add, combine," 1900, from Medieval Latin summatus, past participle of summare "to sum" (see summation). Related: Summated; summating.

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summate

vb. 1 To sum, add up; perform a summation 2 To sum up, summarise

WordNet
summate

  1. v. determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up]

  2. form or constitute a cumulative effect

Usage examples of "summate".

Unfortunately the antagonism between physostigmine and atropine is not perfect, and Sir Thomas Fraser has shown that in such cases there comes a time when, if the action of the two drugs be summated, death results sooner than from either alone.

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