When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant.
Addison.
Sum (?), n. [OE. summe, somme, OF. sume, some, F. somme, L. summa, fr.
summus highest, a superlative from sub under. See Sub-, and cf.
Supreme.] 1. 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.
Take ye the sum of all the congregation.
Num. i. 2.
Sum is now commonly applied to an aggregate of numbers, and number to
an aggregate of persons or things.
2. A quantity of money or currency; any amount, indefinitely; as, a sum
of money; a small sum, or a large sum. "The sum of forty pound."
Chaucer.
With a great sum obtained I this freedom.
Acts xxii. 28.
3. 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.