Rhyme , v. t. 1. To
put into rhyme. Sir T. Wilson.
2. To influence by rhyme.
Hearken to a verser, who
may chance
Rhyme thee to good.
Herbert.
Rhyme (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rhymed
(?);p. pr. & vb. n.
Rhyming.]
[OE. rimen, rymen, AS. rīman to count: cf. F. rimer to rhyme. See Rhyme, n.]
1. To make
rhymes, or verses. "Thou shalt no longer ryme." Chaucer.
There marched the bard and
blockhead, side by side,
Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride.
Pope. 2. To accord in
rhyme or sound.
And, if they
rhymed and rattled, all was well.
Dryden.
Rhyme (?), n. [OE.
ryme, rime, AS.
rīm number; akin to OHG. rīm number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German
origin, and originally the same word.]
[The Old English spelling rime is becoming again common. See Note under Prime.] 1. An expression of thought in
numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language. "Railing
rhymes." Daniel.
A ryme I learned long ago.
Chaucer. He knew
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime.
Milton. 2. (Pros.) Correspondence of sound in the
terminating words or syllables of
two or more
verses, one succeeding another immediately or at no great distance. The words or syllables so used must not begin with the same
consonant, or if one begins with a vowel
the other must begin with a consonant. The vowel sounds and accents must be the same, as also
the sounds of the final consonants if there be any.
For
rhyme with reason may dispense,
And sound has right to govern sense.
Prior. 3. Verses,
usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
4.
A word answering in sound to another word.
Female rhyme.
See under Female. - - Male rhyme. See under Male. -- Rhyme or reason, sound or sense. -- Rhyme royal (Pros.),
a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses, of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and fifth, and the sixth
and seventh rhyme.
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