- (n.) Height; completion; utmost degree.
- (n.) A problem to be solved or an example to be wrought out.
- (n.) A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum or a large sum.
- (n.) 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.
- (v.t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete or full-grown, plumage.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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