vi to write prose.
2. prose ·vt to write in prose.
3. prose ·vt to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
4. prose ·adj pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
5. prose ·noun hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
6. prose ·noun a hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the mass. ·see sequence.
7. prose ·adj possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
8. 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.