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. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
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. To write in prose.
6. To write prose.
7. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
8. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.