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.
v. i. - To write prose.