meaning of prose
1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
3. A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
4. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
5. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
6. To write in prose.
7. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
8. To write prose.
9. ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
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