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cou⋅plet

  [kuhp-lit]
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–noun
1. a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length.
2. a pair; couple.
3. Music. any of the contrasting sections of a rondo occurring between statements of the refrain.
Origin:
1570–80; < MF; see couple, -et
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cou·plet   (kŭp'lĭt)   
n.  

  1. A unit of verse consisting of two successive lines, usually rhyming and having the same meter and often forming a complete thought or syntactic unit.

  2. Two similar things; a pair.


[French, from Old French, diminutive of couple, couple; see couple.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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