Definition of prose

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Prose (n.) Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse..

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Prose :: Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition..
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim..
Appeal :: Appeal (v. t.) To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony..
Proselyting :: Proselyting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Proselyt.
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot..
Count :: Count (v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution..
Romance :: Romance (n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like..
Proselyte :: Proselyte (v. t.) To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over..
Transprose :: Transprose (v. t.) To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose..
Precognition :: Precognition (n.) A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution.
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates..
Rhetoric :: Rhetoric (n.) The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose..
Prosecuting :: Prosecuting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prosecut.
Proser :: Proser (n.) One who talks or writes tediously.
Prosy :: Prosy (superl.) Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.
Vigorous :: Vigorous (a.) Exhibiting strength, either of body or mind; powerful; strong; forcible; energetic; as, vigorous exertions; a vigorous prosecution of a war..
Epigram :: Epigram (n.) An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply expressed, whether in verse or prose..
Uprist :: Uprist () imp. of Uprise. Uprose.
Prosecutor :: Prosecutor (n.) One who prosecutes or carries on any purpose, plan, or business..
Machinery :: Machinery (n.) The supernatural means by which the action of a poetic or fictitious work is carried on and brought to a catastrophe; in an extended sense, the contrivances by which the crises and conclusion of a fictitious narrative, in prose or verse, are effected..
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