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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Total \To"tal\, a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.] Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1. Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original. [1913 Webster] Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Total \To"tal\, n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Total \To"tal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totaledor Totalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Totaling or Totalling.] 1. To bring to a total; also, to reach as a total; to amount to. [Colloq.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. to determine the total of (a set of numbers); to add; -- often used with up; as, to total up the bill. [PJC] 3. To damage beyond repair; -- used especially of vehicles damaged in an accident; as, he skid on an ice patch and totaled his Mercedes against a tree. From total loss. [colloq.] [PJC]
