·vi To write prose.
II. Prose ·vt To write in prose.
III. Prose ·vt To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
IV. Prose ·adj Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
V. Prose ·noun Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
VI. Prose ·noun A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. ·see Sequence.
VII. Prose ·adj Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
VIII. Prose ·noun The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm;
— contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.