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P0606300 (prōz)n.1. Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.2. Commonplace expression or quality.3. Roman Catholic Church A hymn of irregular meter sung before the Gospel.intr.v. prosed, pros·ing, pros·es 1. To write prose.2. To speak or write in a dull, tiresome style.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prōsa (ōrātiō), straightforward (discourse), feminine of prōsus, alteration of prōrsus, from prōversus, past participle of prōvertere, to turn forward : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]