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Sum
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(v. t.) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(n.) A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum of money; a small sum, or a large sum.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(v. t.) To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; - usually with up.
(7):
(n.) Height; completion; utmost degree.
(8):
(n.) A problem to be solved, or an example to be wrought out.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sum'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sum.html. 1828.
