prose
noun
the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
prosed
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past participleof prose.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof prose.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
prosenounthe ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
Example Sentences
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A similar bill prosed in the Senate would change visitation restrictions specifically for nursing homes, although the measure has not yet been placed on the Legislature’s agenda.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
Aunt Griselda received Sir Hugh graciously, and prosed gently to him of his father’s death; but Hugh turned the conversation skillfully to herself and Fay.
From Wee Wifie by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
By far the most important portion of what one calls education, I owe to him; yet he never preached, or prosed, or played the pedagogue.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 by Various
He wanted a good walk; his head was stupid from his lectures; that old Jennings prosed so awfully upon Paley, it made him quite ill.
From Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert by Newman, John Henry
And when he had versed his verse and had prosed his prose, he again groaned and complained and remembered he had been and how he had been parted from his brother.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
