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.