- (v.t.) To write in prose.
- (v.i.) To write prose.
- (a.) Pertaining to or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
- (v.t.) To write or repeat in a dull, tedious or prosy way.
- (a.) Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
- (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
- (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse or metrical composition.
- (n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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