Definition of rhyme

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Rhyme (n.) 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..

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Scald :: Scald (a.) Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers..
Rhymed :: Rhymed (imp. & p. p.) of Rhym.
Rhyme :: Rhyme (v. t.) To influence by rhyme.
Rhyme :: Rhyme (v. t.) To put into rhyme.
Jingle :: "Jingle (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself..
Rhymeless :: Rhymeless (a.) Destitute of rhyme.
Jingle :: Jingle (v. i.) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect.
Ballade :: Ballade (n.) A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy..
Rime :: Rime (n.) Rhyme. See Rhyme.
Monorhyme :: Monorhyme (n.) A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme..
Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To rhyme. [Humorous].
Jig :: "Jig (n.) A light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce in verse; a ballad..
Couplet :: Couplet (n.) Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
Warling :: Warling (n.) One often quarreled with; -- / word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling..
Assonance :: Assonance (n.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary..
Rimey :: Rimey (v. t.) To compose in rhyme; to versify.
Rimer :: Rimer (n.) A rhymer; a versifier.
Rhymester :: Rhymester (n.) A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry.
Versemonger :: Versemonger (n.) A writer of verses; especially, a writer of commonplace poetry; a poetaster; a rhymer; -- used humorously or in contempt..
Poetry :: Poetry (n.) Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry..
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