'Prose' definitions:

Definition of 'prose'

(from WordNet)
noun
Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
noun
Matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

Definition of 'Prose'

From: GCIDE
  • Prose \Prose\, a.
  • 1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Prose'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Prose'

From: GCIDE
  • Prose \Prose\, v. i.
  • 1. To write prose. [1913 Webster]
  • Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Prose'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'prose'

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Words containing 'Prose'