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Meaning Of 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.
n.
Hence, language which evinces little imagination or
animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
n.
A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the
Mass. See Sequence.
a.
Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as,
prose composition.
a.
Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain;
dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
v. t.
To write in prose.
v. t.
To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.