'Summing up' definitions:

Definition of 'summing up'

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

Definition of 'Summing up'

From: GCIDE
  • Sum \Sum\, 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 r['e]sum['e]; a summary. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute. [1913 Webster] Sumac