Forms of prose

The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition., Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse., A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence., Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition., Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life., To write in prose., To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way., To write prose.