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prosest

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prose

  [prohz] noun, adjective, verb, prosed, pros⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
2. matter-of-fact, commonplace, or dull expression, quality, discourse, etc.
3. Liturgy. a hymn sung after the gradual, originating from a practice of setting words to the jubilatio of the alleluia.
–adjective
4. of, in, or pertaining to prose.
5. commonplace; dull; prosaic.
–verb (used with object)
6. to turn into or express in prose.
–verb (used without object)
7. to write or talk in a dull, matter-of-fact manner.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF < L prōsa (ōrātiō) lit., straightforward (speech), fem. of prōsus, for prōrsus, contr. of prōversus, ptp. of prōvertere to turn forward, equiv. to prō- pro- 1 + vertere to turn

Related forms:
proselike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

prose 
c.1330, from O.Fr. prose (13c.), from L. prosa oratio "straightforward or direct speech" (without the ornaments of verse), from prosa, fem. of prosus, earlier prorsus "straightforward, direct," from Old L. provorsus "(moving) straight ahead," from pro- "forward" + vorsus "turned," pp. of vertere "to turn" (see verse).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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