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English Dictionary: PROSE by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prose
n
  1. ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  2. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prose \Prose\, v. i.
      1. To write prose.
  
                     Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter.
                                                                              --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prose \Prose\, n. [F. prose, L. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus,
      straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward +
      versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]
      1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing;
            language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; --
            contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
  
                     I speak in prose, and let him rymes make. --Chaucer.
  
                     Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. --Milton.
  
                     I wish our clever young poets would remember my
                     homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is;
                     prose -- words in their best order; poetry -- the
                     best order.                                       --Coleridge.
  
      2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or
            animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
  
      3. (R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes
            introduced into the Mass. See {Sequence}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prose \Prose\, a.
      1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as,
            prose composition.
  
      2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics;
            plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prose \Prose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prosed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Prosing}.]
      1. To write in prose.
  
      2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   PROSE
  
      1. PROblem Solution Engineering.   Numerical problems including
      differentiation and integration.   "Computing in Calculus",
      J. Thames, Research/Development 26(5) (May 1975).
  
      2. A constraints-and-sequencing system similar to
      Kaleidoscope.   "Reflexive Constraints for Dynamic Knowledge
      Bases", P. Berlandier et al in Proc First Intl CS Conf '88:
      AI: Theory and Appls, Dec 1988.
  
  
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