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tome |
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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