[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prose \prose\, n. f. prose, l. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus,
   straight forward, straight on, for proversus; pro forward +
   versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. see verse.
   1. the ordinary language of men in speaking or writing;
      language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; --
      contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
      1913 webster

            i speak in prose, and let him rymes make. --chaucer.
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            things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. --milton.
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            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.
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   2. hence, language which evinces little imagination or
      animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
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   3. r. c. ch. a hymn with no regular meter, sometimes
      introduced into the mass. see sequence.
      1913 webster
see also:
verse sequence 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prose \prose\, a.
   1. pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as,
      prose composition.
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   2. possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics;
      plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prose \prose\, v. t. imp.  p. p. prosed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   prosing.
   1. to write in prose.
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   2. to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
      1913 webster
see also:
prosed prosing 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

prose \prose\, v. i.
   1. to write prose.
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            prosing or versing, but chiefly this latter.
                                                  --milton.
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[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

prose
     n 1: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
     2: matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

52 moby thesaurus words for "prose":
   banality, bromide, causerie, chat, chestnut, chin, cliche,
   commonplace, commonplace expression, corn, expository writing,
   familiar tune, hackneyed saying, in prose, language, lieu commun,
   locus communis, matter of fact, matter-of-fact, matter-of-factness,
   nonmetrical, nonpoetic, old joke, old saw, old song, old story,
   plain, plainness, platitude, platitudinize, prosaic, prosaicism,
   prosaicness, prosaism, prosiness, prosing, prosy, rap, reiteration,
   retold story, stereotyped saying, talk, text, trite saying,
   triticism, twice-told tale, unimaginative, unimaginativeness,
   unimpassioned, unversified, write prose, yarn

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

prose
     
        1. problem solution engineering.  numerical problems including
        differentiation and integration.  "computing in calculus",
        j. thames, research/development 265 may 1975.
     
        2. 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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