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