Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
berime .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To mention in rhyme or verse; to rhyme about.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
compose rhymes about;celebrate in rhyme; makepoetry about someone. - verb transitive To
lampoon .
Etymologies
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From be- + rhyme.
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Examples
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Indeed, she loveth those who berhyme her and she affecteth those who set forth her charms and beauty and loveliness in verse, and we may not prevail over her save by wiles and soft speech and beguilement.
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Poetasters and cheap sentimentalists will berhyme and beguile you: I cannot help it; but I will at least attempt to administer the corrective of what should be common sense.
Gala-days Gail Hamilton 1864
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Indeed, she loveth those who berhyme her and she affecteth those who set forth her charms and beauty and loveliness in verse, and we may not prevail over her save by wiles and soft speech and beguilement. "
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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