. See under Female. - - Male rhyme. See under Male.Rhyme or reason, sound or sense.Rhyme royal(Pros.), a stanza of seven decasyllabic verses, of which the first and third, the second, fourth, and fifth, and the sixth and seventh rhyme.

Rhyme
(Rhyme) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rhymed ;p. pr. & vb. n. Rhyming.] [OE. rimen, rymen, AS. riman to count: cf. F. rimer to rhyme. See Rhyme, n.]

1. To make rhymes, or verses. "Thou shalt no longer ryme." Chaucer.

There marched the bard and blockhead, side by side,
Who rhymed for hire, and patronized for pride.
Pope.

2. To accord in rhyme or sound.

And, if they rhymed and rattled, all was well.
Dryden.

Rhyme
(Rhyme), v. t.

1. To put into rhyme. Sir T. Wilson.

2. To influence by rhyme.

Hearken to a verser, who may chance
Rhyme thee to good.
Herbert.

Rhymeless
(Rhyme"less), a. Destitute of rhyme. Bp. Hall.

Rhymer
(Rhym"er) n. One who makes rhymes; a versifier; — generally in contempt; a poor poet; a poetaster.

This would make them soon perceive what despicaple creatures our common rhymers and playwriters be.
Milton.

Rhymery
(Rhym"er*y) n. The art or habit of making rhymes; rhyming; — in contempt.

Rhymester
(Rhyme"ster) n. A rhymer; a maker of poor poetry. Bp. Hall. Byron.

Rhymic
(Rhym"ic) a. Pertaining to rhyme.

Female rhyme


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