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De - Pt| English Dictionary: tome | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. | |
