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English Dictionary: rhyming by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rhyming
adj
  1. having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds; "rhymed verse"; "rhyming words"
    Synonym(s): rhymed, rhyming, riming
    Antonym(s): rhymeless, rimeless, unrhymed, unrimed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rhyme \Rhyme\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rhymed};p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Rhyming}.] [OE. rimen, rymen, AS. r[c6]man to count: cf. F.
      rimer to rhyme. See {Rhyme}, n.]
      1. To make rhymes, or verses. [bd]Thou shalt no longer
            ryme.[b8] --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.
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