(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.