Dictionary entry

Rhyme (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rhyme (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Rhymed (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Rhyming.] [OE. rimen, rymen, AS. rīman 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.