Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Rhyme
Rhyme
,Noun.
[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
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
And sound has right to govern sense.
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.
Rhyme
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rhymed
;p. pr. & vb. n.
Rhyming
.] 1.
To make rhymes, or verses.
“Thou shalt no longer ryme.” Chaucer.
There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side,
Who
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
,Verb.
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.