rhyme

rhyme
rhyme [rīm]
n.
[ME rime < OFr < rimer, to rhyme, prob. < Frank * rim, row, series, akin to OE, OHG rim, series, number < IE * rei- (> OIr rim, number) < base * are-, to join, fit (> ART1, RATIO, RITE): form infl. by assoc. with L rhythmus,RHYTHM]
1. a piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, esp. at the ends of lines
2. such verse or poetry in general
3. correspondence of sound between stressed syllables at the ends of words or lines of verse; specif., PERFECT RHYME (sense 1)
4. a word that corresponds with another in sound, esp. end sound
vi.
rhymed, rhyming
1. to make verse, esp. rhyming verse
2. to form a rhyme [“more” rhymes with “door”]
3. to be composed in metrical form with rhymes
4. to be in accord or agreement [the eyewitness accounts rhyme on the essential points]
vt.
1. to put into rhyme
2. to compose in metrical form with rhymes
3. to use as a rhyme or rhymes
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rhyme or reason
order or sense: preceded by without, no, etc.

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