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(1):

(n.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.

(2):

(a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.

(3):

(v. t.) To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

(4):

(a.) Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.

(5):

(n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.

(6):

(v. i.) To write prose.

(7):

(n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; - contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.

(8):

(v. t.) To write in prose.