the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9
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Rhyme
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) To make rhymes, or verses.
(2):
(v. t.) To put into rhyme.
(3):
(v. t.) To influence by rhyme.
(4):
(n.) To accord in rhyme or sound.
(5):
(n.) Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes.
(6):
(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.
(7):
(n.) An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language.
(8):
(n.) A word answering in sound to another word.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rhyme'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/r/rhyme.html. 1828.
