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.
Prose, 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.
Prose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prosed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Prosing.] 1. To
write in prose.