RHYME

I. noun also rime Etymology: Middle English rime, from Anglo-French Date: 13th century 1. a. rhyming verse, poetry , a composition in verse that ~s, 2. correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (as two or more words or lines of verse), one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound, correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: as, alliteration , internal ~ , rhythm , measure , ~less adjective II. verb also rime (~d; also rimed; rhyming; also riming) Date: 14th century transitive verb to relate or praise in rhyming verse, 2. to put into ~, to compose (verse) in ~, to cause to ~ ; use as ~, intransitive verb to make ~s, to end in syllables that are ~s, to be in accord ; harmonize , ~r noun