Prose

n.	1.	The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; - contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. I speak in prose, and let him rymes make. - Chaucer. Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. - Milton. 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.
	2.	Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
	3.	(R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
a.	1.	Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
	2.	Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
v. t.	1.	To write in prose. [imp. & p. p. Prosed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prosing.]
	2.	To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
v. i.	1.	To write prose. Prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter. - Milton.

Noun	1.	prose - ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
	2.	prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

1.		PROSE - PROblem Solution Engineering. Numerical problems including differentiation and integration. "Computing in Calculus", J. Thames, Research/Development 26(5) (May 1975).
2.		PROSE - 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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