Sum, subst. 1) the aggregate or whole of several numbers or quantities added: “when as thy love hath cast his utmost s., called to that audit by advised respects,” Sonn. 49, 3. “to your audit comes their distract parcels in combined --s,” Compl. 231. “how much the gross s. of deuce-ace amounts to,” LLL I, 2, 49.
2) the whole abstracted, abridgment, amount, upshot: “that is the s. of all,” Ado I, 1, 147. 'confess' and 'love' “had been the very s. of my confession,” Merch. III, 2, 36. “the full s. of me is s. of something which . . .,” Merch. III, 2, 36 “this is the very s. of all,” John II, 151. “the s. of all is that the king hath won,” H4B I, 1, 131. “the s. of all our answer is but this,” H5 III, 6, 172. “the s. of all I can I have disclosed,” R3 II, 4, 46. “grates me: the s.” Ant. I, 1, 18. the s. of this, brought hither to Pentapolis, Per. III Prol. 33.
3) the whole number or quantity: “to leave for nothing all thy s. of good,” Sonn. 109, 12. “the s. and substance that I have,” Gent. IV, 1, 15. “giving thy s. of more to that which had too much,” As II, 1, 48. “the stretching of a span buckles in his s. of age,” III, 2, 140. “produce the grand s. of his sins,” H8 III, 2, 293. were the s. of these (kisses) “countless,” Tit. V, 3, 158. “I cannot s. up s. of half my wealth,” Rom. II, 6, 34. “your s. of parts did not together pluck such envy from him,” Hml. IV, 7, 74. “forty thousand brothers could not, with all their quantity of love, make up my s.” V, 1, 294. “parcel the s. of my disgraces by addition of his envy,” Ant. V, 2, 163.
4) number, quantity (of money): “a s. of money,” H5 IV, 1, 159. H6A V, 1, 52. H6B III, 1, 61. “--s of gold,” All's IV, 3, 204. R2 I, 4, 50. H6B I, 1, 129. Caes. IV, 3, 70. “heaps and --s of love and wealth,” Tim. V, 1, 155. s., alone, == a quantity of money: Wiv. III, 4, 16. Err. I, 1, 154. IV, 1, 1. IV, 1, 1 IV, 1, 1 IV, 1, 1 IV, 4, 136. V, 131. V, 131 LLL II, 131. LLL II, 131 LLL II, 131 Merch. I, 1, 179. I, 3, 104. I, 3, 104 III, 2, 289. III, 2, 289 IV, 1, 210. Shr. III, 2, 137. John IV, 2, 142. H4B II, 1, 78. H4B II, 1, 78 H5 I, 1, 79. I, 2, 133. II Chor. I, 2, 133 H6B IV, 1, 22. Tim. I, 2, 238. II, 1, 2. III, 3, 22. III, 4, 30. III, 4, 30 III, 4, 30 V, 1, 9. Cymb. I, 1, 147. I, 6, 186. “profitless usurer, why dost thou use so great a s. of --s,” Sonn. 4, 8 (== so immense a sum).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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