adjective
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consisting of or being in volumes
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( in combination )
a three-volumed history
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rare having bulk or volume
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poetic forming a rounded mass
Etymology
Origin of volumed
Example Sentences
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The record player on the first floor volumed up Lonnie Johnson singing, “Tomorrow night, will you remember what you said tonight?”
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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We cannot fancy in his eye the volumed depth of Richelieu's, the volcanic flash of Mirabeau's, or the offended majesty of Chatham's.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
Cannon, there in the battle, Thundered the soldier’s praise, Hark! how the volumed volleys echo Down through the far-off days!
From Poems by Howells, William Dean
IX With his nostrils fierce dilating, With his crest a curling sea, All his volumed power is waiting For the will, to set it free.
From Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
An awful pause succeeds the stroke, And o'er the ruins volumed smoke, Rolling around its pitchy shroud, Conceal'd them from th' astonish'd crowd.
From Rejected Addresses by Smith, James
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