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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tome  \Tome\,  n.  [F.  tome  (cf.  It.,  Sp.,  &  Pg  tomo),  L.  tomus, 
  fr  Gr  ?  a  piece  cut  off  a  part  of  a  book,  a  volume,  akin 
  to  ?  to  cup,  and  perhaps  to  L.  tondere  to  shear,  E.  tonsure. 
  Cf  {Anatomy},  {Atom},  {Entomology},  {Epitome}.  ] 
  As  many  writings  as  are  bound  in  a  volume,  forming  part  of  a 
  larger  work  a  book;  --  usually  applied  to  a  ponderous 
  volume. 
 
  Tomes  of  fable  and  of  dream.  --Cowper. 
 
  A  more  childish  expedient  than  that  to  which  he  now 
  resorted  is  not  to  be  found  in  all  the  tomes  of  the 
  casuists.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tome 
  n  :  a  (usually)  large  and  scholarly  book 




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