Look up Volume One and take a chair (5)
I believe the answer is:
visit
'look up' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'volume one and take a chair' is the wordplay.
'volume' becomes 'v'.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'take a chair' becomes 'sit' (I've seen this before).
'v'+'i'+'sit'='VISIT'
(Other definitions for visit that I've seen before include "Inflict" , "Call in to see, socially or on business" , "Call on - go to see" , "Drop in; frequent" , "Go to see a place or person" .)