Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rhyming"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Rhyme \Rhyme\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rhymed};p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rhyming}.] [OE. rimen, rymen, AS. r[=i]man 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

rhyming
adj : having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds;
"rhymed verse"; "rhyming words" [syn: {rhymed}, {rimed},
{riming}] [ant: {unrhymed}]


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