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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Go to the ant, thou sluggard, ” in few words sums up the moral of this fable. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sums their virtues in himself alone. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage. [ 1913 Webster ]

But feathered soon and fledge
They summed their pens [ wings ]. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Summing up, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a résumé; a summary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. sumac, formerly sumach (cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summāq. ] [ Written also shumac. ] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poison sumac. (Bot.) See under Poison. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thin, elastic, uniformly light-colored tobacco leaf, raised in Sumatra and extensively used for cigar wrappers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants. -- n. A native of Sumatra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pers. ] The musky root of an Asiatic umbelliferous plant, Ferula Sumbul. It is used in medicine as a stimulant. [ Written also sumbal. ] -- Sum*bul"ic, a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Written also Sumirian. ] A native of lower Babylonia, anciently called Sumer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Written also Sumirian. ] Of or pertaining to the region of lower Babylonia, which was anciently called Sumer, or its inhabitants or their language. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not to be summed up or computed; so great that the amount can not be ascertained; incalculable; inestimable. “Sumless treasure.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]