Definition of prose

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

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Prose :: Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse..
Prosecutor :: Prosecutor (n.) One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business..
Prosaism :: Prosaism (n.) That which is in the form of prose writing; a prosaic manner.
Partnership :: Partnership (n.) An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership..
Prose :: Prose (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit..
Romance :: Romance (n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like..
Transversion :: Transversion (n.) The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose..
Prosaist :: Prosaist (n.) A writer of prose; an unpoetical writer.
Defence :: Defence (n.) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
Proceed :: Proceed (v. i.) To go on in an orderly or regulated manner; to begin and carry on a series of acts or measures; to act by method; to prosecute a design.
Impleader :: Impleader (n.) One who prosecutes or sues another.
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law..
Miltonic :: Miltonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Milton, or his writings; as, Miltonic prose..
Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
Proseminary :: Proseminary (n.) A seminary which prepares pupils for a higher institution.
Turn :: Turn (v. t.) To change the form, quality, aspect, or effect of; to alter; to metamorphose; to convert; to transform; -- often with to or into before the word denoting the effect or product of the change; as, to turn a worm into a winged insect; to turn green to blue; to turn prose into verse; to turn a Whig to a Tory, or a Hindu to a Christian; to turn good to evil, and the like..
Sue :: Sue (v. t.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially..
Nonappearance :: Nonappearance (n.) Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear..
Pursue :: Pursue (v. i.) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor..
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