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rhyme

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1. rhyme - Noun

2. rhyme - Verb

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

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.

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

A word answering in sound to another word.

To make rhymes, or verses.

To accord in rhyme or sound.

To put into rhyme.

To influence by rhyme.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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hat and cat rhyme Source: Internet

Accepting both rhyme and stress, Jonson used them to mimic the classical qualities of simplicity, restraint and precision. Source: Internet

A friend of Haley's, making note of the common alternative pronunciation of the name Halley's Comet to rhyme with Bailey, suggested that Haley call his band the Comets. Source: Internet

An epitaph, probably unassigned to any grave, demonstrates use in rhyme. Source: Internet

American actor George L. Fox (1825–77) helped to popularise the character in nineteenth-century stage productions of pantomime versions, music, and rhyme. Source: Internet

And immediately afterward, reading or, rather, glancing through some verse in the Literary Gazette: 'Just look how tremendously well they've learned to rhyme! Source: Internet

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