Raunsoun

Raun`soun´

    (rạn`sŌn´)
n.1.Ransom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Simple Rhymes: V(C)/ V(C) ryng / thyng Rich Rhymes: CVC / CVC prisonn / raunsoun Double Rhymes: VCVC / VCVC oother / brother Double Rich Rhymes: CVCVC / CVCVC omnipotent/impotent Triple Rhymes: VCVCVC / VCVCVC pronunciation / denunciation
Chaucer's anxiety of poetic craft: the Squire's Tale
Thow fettest myne in my place ayeins alle reson-- Falsliche and felonliche; good feith me it taughte, To recovere hem thorugh raunsoun, and by no reson ellis, So that with gile thow gete, thorugh grace it is ywonne.
Langland, Milton, and the felix culpa
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