Rhīme1, n.
See RHYME.
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Rhyme
Rhȳme2, n.
(rīm), n. [Formerly written also rhime.] [O. Eng. ryme, rime, rym, Fr. rime, Pr. rima, rim, Sp., Pg., & It. rima, from O. H. Ger. hrim, rim, series, number, A-S. rim, id.; N. H. Ger. reim, D. rijm, L. Ger. riem, Dan. rim, Sw. rim, O. Ir. rim, N. Ir. rimh, reomh, W. rhif. The true orthography would be rime or ryme, as in Old English; but as rime is hoar-frost, and rhyme gives the true pronunciation, it may be convenient to continue the present orthography.
Sense 1. An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; poetry; harmony of language.
He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. Milton.
Sense 2. (Poet.) Correspondence of sound in the terminating words or syllables of two verses, and sometimes more, one succeeding another immediately, or at no great distance.
For rhyme with reason may dispense, And sound has right to govern sense. Prior.
Sense 3. Verses, usually two, in rhyme with each other; a couplet; a triplet.
Sense 4. A word answering in sound to another word.
Female rhyme, agreement in sound of the last two syllables of verses, the last syllable being unaccented. See FEMALE.—Male rhyme, the agreement in sound of only the final syllables of the verses, as in remain, complain, and the like. Brande.—Rhyme or reason, sound or sense.
But from that time unto this season, I had neither rhyme nor reason. Spencer.
Rhȳme3, v. i.
(rīm), v. i. [imp. & p. p. RHYMED; p. pr. & vb. n. RHYMING.] [Fr. rimer, Pr., Sp. & Pg. rimar, It. rimare, N. H. Ger. reimen, D. rijmen, Dan. rime, Sw. rimma; O. H. Ger. riman, gariman, rīmjan, A-S. rīman, to number. See supra.]
Sense 1. To make verses.
There marched the bard and blockhead side by side, Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride. Pope.
Sense 2. To accord in sound.
But fagoted his notions as they fell, And if they rhymed and rattled, all was well. Dryden.
Rhȳme4, v. t.
v. t. 1. To put into rhyme. Wilson. 2. To influence by rhyme. Hearken to a verser who may chance rhyme thee to good. Herbert.