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Definition of rime

rime
Rhyme Rhyme, n. [OE. ryme, rime, AS. r[=i]m number; akin to OHG. r[=i]m number, succession, series, G. reim rhyme. The modern sense is due to the influence of F. rime, which is of German origin, and originally the same word.] [The Old English spelling rime is becoming again common. See Note under Prime.] 1. An expression of thought in numbers, measure, or verse; a composition in verse; a rhymed tale; poetry; harmony of language. ``Railing rhymes.' --Daniel. A ryme I learned long ago. --Chaucer. He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rime. --Milton. 2. (Pros.) 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. For rhyme with reason may dispense, And sound has right to govern sense. --Prior. 3. Verses, usually two, having this correspondence with each other; a couplet; a poem containing rhymes. 4. A word answering in sound to another word. Female rhyme. 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.
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Rime Rime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Riming.] To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
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Rime Rime, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A step or round of a ladder; a rung.
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Rime Rime, n. Rhyme. See Rhyme. --Coleridge. --Landor. Note: This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.
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Rime Rime, v. i. & t. To rhyme. See Rhyme.
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Rime Rime, n. [L. rima.] A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. --Sir T. Browne.
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Rime Rime, n. [AS. hr[=i]m; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hr[=i]m, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. r[=i]fo, hr[=i]fo.] White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. The trees were now covered with rime. --De Quincey.

Meaning of rime from wikipedia

- Look up rime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rime may refer to: Rime ice, ice that forms when water droplets in fog freeze to the outer surfaces of...
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere), written by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797–98 and published...
- Rime is a 2017 puzzle video game developed by Tequila Works. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in May 2017, for Nintendo Switch...
- Rime ice forms when supercooled water droplets freeze onto surfaces. In the atmosphere, there are three basic types of rime ice: Soft rime forms when supercooled...
- Look up rimer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rimer may refer to: Bingo Rimér (born 1975), Swedish photographer Colin Rimer (born 1944), English judge...
- the coda four. Rime and rhyme are variants of the same word, but the rarer form rime is sometimes used to mean specifically syllable rime to differentiate...
- The Rimé movement is a movement or tendency in Tibetan Buddhism which promotes non-sectarianism and universalism. Teachers from all branches of Tibetan...
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Rime of the Ancient Mariner may also refer to: Rime of the Ancient Mariner (film)...
- Rime riche (French pronunciation: [ʁim ʁiʃ]) is a form of rhyme with three identical sounds (phoneme) including the stressed vowel. In classical French...
- Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She originally rose to success as a country music artist...