Sum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Summed p. pr. & vb. n. Summing.]
 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 résumé; a summary.
 Syn: -- To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute.

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