volumed

American  

[vol-yoomd, -yuhmd] / ˈvɒl jumd, -jəmd /

adjective

1. consisting of a volume or volumes (usually used in combination).

   a many-volumed work.

2. in volumes of rolling or rounded masses, as smoke.

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volumed British  

/ ˈvɒljuːmd /

adjective

1. 1. consisting of or being in volumes

   2. ( in combination )

      a three-volumed history

2. rare having bulk or volume

3. poetic forming a rounded mass

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Etymology

Origin of volumed

First recorded in 1590–1600; volume + -ed ³

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Example Sentences

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volumed

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

An awful pause succeeds the stroke, And o'er the ruins volumed smoke, Rolling around its pitchy shroud, Concealed them from th' astonished crowd.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton

He climbs the crackling stair—he bursts the door, Nor feels his feet glow scorching with the floor; His breath choked gasping with the volumed smoke, But still from room to room his way he broke.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge

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 James Smith

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 R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

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