Rhyme

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1. Noun

An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.

2. Noun

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.

3. Noun

Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.

4. Noun

A word answering in sound to another word.

5. Noun

To make rhymes, or verses.

6. Noun

To accord in rhyme or sound.

7. Verb

To put into rhyme.

8. Verb

To influence by rhyme.

9. Noun

a piece of poetry
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric

10. Noun

correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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