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prose
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prose \Prose\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as,
prose composition.
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2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics;
plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prose \Prose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prosing.] 1. To write in prose. [1913 Webster] 2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prose \Prose\, v. i.
1. To write prose.
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Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter.
--Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prose \Prose\, n. [F. prose, L. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See Verse.] 1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. [1913 Webster] I speak in prose, and let him rymes make. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. --Milton. [1913 Webster] I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is; prose -- words in their best order; poetry -- the best order. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. [1913 Webster] 3. (R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence. [1913 Webster]
