Crossword clues for summing up
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sum \Sum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Summed; p. pr. & vb. n. Summing.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.]
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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.
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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.
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(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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sum up English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "summing up".
They used to say that when she went out on circuit, to try murders, she used to put on a thin line of lipstick before summing up to the jury.
Still more poverty-stricken, I fear, may my final summing up of the subject appear at first to some of you.
An' the summing up of that Judge Advycate bloke - that won't 'ave 'elped us much.
An' the summing up of that Judge Advycate bloke -- that won't 'ave 'elped us much.