prose

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
  2. matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Prose \Prose\, a.

1.Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition. [1913 Webster]

2.Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life. [1913 Webster]

Prose \Prose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prosing.]

1.To write in prose. [1913 Webster]

2.To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. [1913 Webster]

Prose \Prose\, v. i.

1.To write prose. [1913 Webster]

Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

I speak in prose, and let him rymes make.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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.[1913 Webster]

2.Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. [1913 Webster]

3.(R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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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