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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