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rime2 †metre XII; consonance of terminal elements in words; (rhyming) verse XIII; word that rhymes XVI. — (O)F. — medL. rithmus, rythmus (used spec. of accentual verse which was usu. rhymed), for L. rhythmus RHYTHM.
So rime vb. XIII. — (O)F. rimer. The sp. rime prevailed till XVI, when the tendency to respell on classical models led to the use of rithme, r(h)ythme; these were succeeded after 1600 by rhime, RHYME.

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