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Summing up

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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summing up

vb. (present participle of sum up English)

WordNet
summing up

n. a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) [syn: summation, rundown]

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.