intellect. Perfect rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in eck, as decked, checked, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ake, and eak, as baked, leaked.

ED.

Bed, bled, fed, fled, bred, led, red, shred, shed, sped, wed, abed, inbred, misled. Perfect rhymes, said, bread, dread, dead, head, lead, read, spread, thread, tread, behead, o'erspread. Allowable rhymes, mead, blade, fade, made, paid, &c., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ay, ey, and eigh, as bayed, obeyed, inveighed, &c.

"But that her ancient spirit is decayed,

That sacred wisdom from her bounds is fled."-LYTTleton.

EDE, see EED.

EDGE.

Edge, wedge, fledge, hedge, ledge, pledge, sedge, allege. Allowable rhymes, age, page, siege, oblige, privilege, sacrilege, sortilege, &c.

EE.

Bee, free, glee, knee, see, three, thee, tree, agree, decree, degree, disagree, foresee, o'ersee, pedigree, he, me, we, she, be, jubilee, lee. Nearly perfect rhymes, sea, plea, flea, tea, key. Allowable rhymes, all words of one syllable ending in y, ye, or ie, or polysyllables of these terminations having the accent on the ultimate or antepenultimate syllable, as

"Poets, a race long unconfined and free,

Still fond and proud of savage liberty.”—POPE. "For who did ever in French authors see

The comprehensive English energy ?"-RoscoMMON.

"Not only man's imperial race, but they

That wing the liquid air, or swim the sea."-DRyden.

EECE, see EASE. EECH, see EACH.

EED.

Creed, deed, indeed, bleed, breed, feed, heed, meed, need, reed, speed, seed, steed, weed, proceed, succeed, exceed. Perfect rhymes, knead, read, intercede, precede, recede, concede, impede, supersede, bead, lead, mead, plead, &c. Allowable rhymes, bed, dead, bid, hid, made, blade, &c.

"In genial spring beneath the quiv'ring shade,

Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead."-POPE.

"The light unloaded stem from tempest freed,

Will raise the youthful honours of his head."-Dryden.

EEF, see IEF. EEK, see EAK. EEL, see EAL. EEM, see EAM. EEN, see EAN.

EEP.

Creep, deep, sleep, keep, peep, sheep, steep, sweep, weep, asleep. Nearly perfect rhymes, cheap, heap, neap, &c. Allowable rhymes, ape, rape, step, nep, hip, lip, &c.

EER.

Beer, deer, fleer, geer, jeer, peer, meer, leer, sheer, steer, sneer, cheer, veer, pickeer, domineer, cannoneer, compeer, engineer, mutineer, pioneer, privateer, charioteer, chanticleer, career, mountaineer. Perfect rhymes, here, sphere, adhere, cohere, interfere, persevere, revere, austere, severe, sincere, hemisphere, &c.; ear, clear, dear, fear, hear, near, sear, smear, spear, tear, rear, year, appear, besmear, disappear, endear, auctioneer. Allowable rhymes, bare, dare, prefer, deter, character, &c.

"You then whose judgments the right course would steer, Know well each ancient's proper character."-POPE.

"Some thought it mounted to the lunar sphere,

Since all things lost on earth are treasured there."-POPE.

"Of man, what see we but his station here,

From which to reason, or to which refer."- POPE.

"Submit in this or any other sphere,

Content to be as blest as thou canst bear."-POPE. "No monstrous height, or breadth, or length appear, The whole, at once, is bold and regular."-POPE.

'For great men's fashions to be followed are,

Although disgraceful 'tis their clothes to wear."-WYCHERLEY. "Upbraid your impious pomp, and in your ear

Will hollow rebel, traitor, murderer."-DRyden.

EESE, see EEZE. EET, see EAT. EETH, see EATH.
EEVE, see EAVE.

EEZE.

Breeze, freeze, wheeze, sneeze, squeeze, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in ee, as bees, he Perfect rhymes, cheese, these, &c. Nearly perfect rhymes, ease, appease, disease, displease, tease, seize, &c., and the plurals of

sees.

nouns in ea, as teas, pleas, &c., and the polysyllables ending in es having the accent on the ante-penultimate, as images, monarchies, &c. "Yet still the kindness from a thirst of praise,

Proved the vain flourish of expensive ease."-PARNELL.

"Your strains are regularly bold, and please,

With unforced care and unaffected ease,

With proper thoughts and lively images." -WYCHERLEY.

EFT.

Cleft, left, theft, weft, bereft, &c. Allowable rhymes, lift, sift, &c., and the third persons singular present tense of verbs in afe, aff, augh, and iff, as chafed, quaffed, laughed, whiffed, &c.

Egg, leg, beg, peg. teague, &c.

EG.

Allowable rhymes, vague, plague, league,

EIGH, see AY. EIGHT, see ATE. EIGN, see AIN. EIL, see AIL. EIN, see AIN. EINT, see AINT. EIR, see ARE. EIT, see EAT. EIVE, see EAVE. EIZE, see EEZE.

ELL.

Ell, dwell, fell, hell, knell, quell, sell, bell, cell, dispel, foretell, excel, compell, befell, yell, well, tell, swell, spell, smell, shell, parallel, sentinel, infidel, citadel, refel, repel, rebel, impel, expel. Allowable rhymes, bale, sale, heal, peal, eel, steel, &c.

"One for his legs and knees provided well

With jambeaux armed, and double plates of steel."-DRYDEN.

ELD.

Held, geld, withheld, upheld, beheld, &c. Perfect rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ell, as swelled, felled, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ale, ail, heal, seal, &c.; as impaled, wailed, healed, sealed, &c.

Elm, helm, realm, whelm, overwhelm, &c. Allowable rhymes, palm, film, &c.

ELP.

Help, whelp, yelp, &c.

ELT.

Belt, gelt, melt, felt, welt, smelt, pelt, dwelt. Perfect rhyme, dealt.

ELVE.

Delve, helve, twelve, &c.

ELVES.

Elves, themselves, &c. Perfect rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in elf and elve, as twelves, delves, shelves, &c.

ЕМ.

Gem, hem, stem, them, diadem, stratagem, &c. Perfect rhymes, condemn, contemn, &c.

theme, phlegm, &c.

Condemn, contemn, &c.

Allowable rhymes, lame, tame, team, seam,

EME, see EAM.

EMN.

Perfect rhymes, gem, hem, &c. Allow

able rhymes, lame, tame, team, seam, &c.

"He makes his way o'er mountains, and contemns
Unruly torrents and unforded streams.”—DRYDEN.

EMPT.

Tempt, exempt, attempt, contempt.

EN.

Den, hen, fen, ken, men, pen, ten, then, when, wren, denizen. Allowable rhymes, bane, fane, mean, bean, &c.

ENCE.

Fence, hence, pence, thence, whence, defence, expense, offence, pretence, commence, abstinence, circumference, conference, confidence, consequence, continence, benevolence, concupiscence, difference, diffidence, diligence, eloquence, eminence, evidence, excellence, impenitence, impertinence, impotence, impudence, improvidence, incontinence, indifference, indigence, indolence, inference, intelligence, innocence, magnificence, munificence, negligence, omnipotence, penitence, preference, providence, recompense, reference, residence, reverence, vehemence, violence. Perfect rhymes, sense, dense,

cense, condense, immense, intense, propense, dispense, suspense, prepense, incense, frankincense.

ENCH.

Bench, drench, retrench, quench, clench, stench, tench, trench, wench, wrench, intrench.

END.

Bend, mend, blend, end, fend, lend, rend, send, spend, tend, vend, amend, attend, ascend, commend, contend, defend, depend, descend, distend, expend, extend, forefend, impend, mis-spend, obtend, offend, portend, pretend, protend, suspend, transcend, unbend, apprehend, comprehend, condescend, discommend, recommend, reprehend, dividend, reverend. Perfect rhymes, friend, befriend, and the preterites and participles of verbs in en, as penned, kenned, &c. Allowable rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in ean, as gleaned, yeaned, &c.

ENDS.

Amends; perfect rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons present tense of verbs in en, as ends, friends, he mends, &c.

Cleanse. Perfect rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in en, as hens, fens, he pens, he kens, &c.

ENT.

Bent, lent, rent, pent, scent, sent, shent, spent, tent, vent, went, absent, meant, ascent, assent, attent, augment, cement, content, consent, descent, dissent, event, extent, foment, frequent, indent, intent, invent, lament, mis-spent, o'erspent, present, prevent, relent, repent, resent, ostent, ferment, outwent, underwent, discontent, unbent, circumvent, represent, abstinent, accident, accomplishment, admonishment, acknowledgment, aliment, arbitrement, argument, banishment, battlement, blandishment, astonishment, armipotent, bellipotent, benevolent, chastisement, competent, complement, compliment, confident, continent, corpulent, detriment, different, diligent, disparagement, document, element, eloquent, eminent, equivalent,

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